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TIDE TABLE. FOB THJ: WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15,1879. s'l I si is i I O&TS OF THS WllH, m § 1 V.# I 3 A S"i 3s t £ 1 IS" <5 J j ZMornrngT 11 6 | 10 49 10 9 To 54 11 52 SATTTBor.s Evening. 11 21 I 11 6 10 23 11 12 12 0 (.Height 22 6 j 23 10 j 20 4 23 9 20 1 /-Morning. 11 381 11 25 13 47 11 32 12 8 Sukdat .< Evening. 12 0 1 11 51 11 11 11 58 12 26 (.Height 20 1 126 7 18 6 26 7 17 7 (Morning. 12 0 12 0 11 39 12 0 12 43 UOIMT. ■! Evening. 12 27 12 19 12 0 13 27 1 14 (.Height 18 0 24 9 16 11 24 11 15 4 (Morning. 1 2 12 57 112 10 1 4 152 Tu*»»AY.< Evening. 1 45 1 39 12 48 1 48 « 88 V. Height 17 0 21 0 | '.6 4 23 9 14 2 f Morning, j 2~S\ 12 tl ll9 2"35~~ 3 27 WBDHSDT< Evening. I 3 22 3 1 2 10 3 18 4 11 t-Hwght I '8 0 j 2+ 9 17 1 24 6 15 1 j-Morai^ I 4 5 sis 248 379T1T?3 Evenrag, j 4 12 1«3 3 25 4 36 1 5 J i (.Height .) 20 9 j 26 8 18 11 26 8 ? 17 o /Morning. I 5 '2! i 5 3 58 5 ^6 T 'i FEiwr .< J 5 39' 5 95 4 26 j 5 3? fi a? t I 23 -9 29 4 21 1 f 29 6 19 J,
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:=. -=-t: n_ OABDIFF Mttuhi Jhaii1 AND SOUTH WALES ADVERTISER, =- Printed and Published for the t toprietors uy WKXIAM EDWARD ROGEPS EVASS, of 26, Park-street, Cardiff, at the Offices of the Cardiff Weekly Mail and South Wales Advertiser," St. Mary-street, Cardiif. in the oounty of Glamorgan, to where all csommunicatiotis should be addressed.
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A'JUBD..&Y, AUGUST 9, 1879. CAMBRIA^ WEATHERCOCK OR, TEE V; AY THE WiND i-LOWS. De omn-tt™ rebus ei quibusdam aliis. AN A 1,4 ED .1 .ll'jlns" had the opportunity of seeing and heorimg the Lord Chief Baron, as he sat in the Nisi P:it:s Court, at the late Monmouthshire Aafizes. He is a marvellous old man-Over 8) years, sotce say S5, pcr^easinsf grelt mental power, a dttic tcsy in manrer, perhaps, but cut3 encngh to see at a gUi^c^ what is 010 ^im, ari<i U not quite sureuf a matter pertinacious enouga in hia inquiry until satisfiid as to what it is. As Lord < hief Baron Kelly got out of the High. Siier ff'a currage, in fron t of th3 court house, ha produced a eomewhat painful impression of de- crepitude. Trie common people were aomojvh i,r, awe struck with the spcfc:uolt' of so aged » J walkiEg to the jntfgment seat. Hi3 lordship"a petite form, bowed head, and f'iP.bla walk, gi, one the idea tl-.at he is at' empting t^sk for whh:'i he is rot fittid. Tee foemg 'e:<.js to a aaistak He is full cf mental vigour, and "e'1rna well ab to suet jLc the l epufcatioa ho ba3 ga;nad 33 au able r, Tbe ItMDtd Chief Bafon has 11 itirtffi- en tie bfmch, a«a is not le,-i,; ei.Ht'le'i to ■ eiSkOnfor two more years, F* wcti,, be at once, but is so conacie '•up he vr'-tfrs to work on, if bis life ia spare-i, <1 thf- jt;f- r r ';m: Tzii,) devotion to duty 1i jjrea'.lj to bo .d. "^K-.las" has an impre4. g>• V,, i h.t fbl) public service would L., ).,p>' th. if tie I-rrd C'tiif Baron retired nov,, Ht b: expecl.d to get through his work so well as a younger man, and, haying: proved hima0^ thoroughly worthy, he may now take his rest oa a weil-earned pension, and not in the least com- promise hia dignity. A BROWN STUDY." Si" me years ago an illustrated weekly, which does not now exist, produced a cartoon with .the I above title. It was not by any means a felicitous production, and did not enhance the reputation of I the publication in which it appeared. "ÆJlus" has had his thoughts turned frcm that to this. Last week, one James Brown, of Newport, figured at the Monmouth Assizes as a common informer," and sought to recover £100 penalty from Mr. Richard Laybourne, a county magistrate, for acting in a magisterial capacity without legal qualification. The action was brought under a very old statute, passed in the reign of George II., nearly 140 years ago. This case ia a It brown study," indeed. It illustrated very forcibly the position which the plaintiff haa taken upon himself. He instructed his learned counsel to dilate upon the immense importance ot having gentlemen on the bench who were fitly qualified, and to take high ground aa to the purity of the bench. The plaintiff was put into the witness box, and passed through a cross- examination which must have been as gall and wormwood. It turned out that this great stickler for purity on the bench had brought 26 actions to reoover penalties, had lost in all the cases tried, and had not paid a farthing of costs The learned Judge who tried the case reminded plaintiff's counsel of the high ground he had taken, and left the inference to be drawn from the crOSB- examination of the plaintiff as to the value of such an assumption. The plaintiff also in effect admitted that he could not pay defendant's costs, in the event of the verdict going against him; and as the verdict did go against him, he has added one more to the debts which he owes by persisting in this course of harassing people who can get no redress. Is it not a great outrage that gentlemen should be dragged before the public and made to disclose their private affairs to gratify a common informer." This is a study" which the people of Newport may take up and profit by, if only they will rightly exercise their minds. If those who have made an idol of James Brown had any sense of decency they would subscribe money to recoup his latest victim for the pecuniary lose entailed upon him by the recent action. SAINT LUBBOCK'S SUMMER HOLIDAY. Newport cannot complain of the Bank Holiday, either as to the fineness of the weather, or the abundance of amusement. To drive away dull care" seemed everyone's aim. There were no appearances of bad times. People were well* dressed, had bright faces, and werft determined to make the best use of the day. It was an excep- tionally bright day, and apparently people threw off the thought as to the previous dark days. The Newport Athletic Club had a most aucoesaful day cn Monday. Practice makes perfect. Aa caterers for public amusement tbe committee may claim the fulfilment of the old adage. Looking round the oval shape of the concourse which lined the barrier, Æolus" could not help thinking how very much men are alike in different ages. The Roman amphitheatre was shadowed forth in that gathering. You had only to carry the eye round the oval, and to see tiers of seata, to realise what the old amphitheatre was. Happily the scene within was very different. There were no dying gladiators, the victims of the lion's fury. The spectators had not to look upon an ensanguined field. It waa rather the Isthmian games, in which the prowess of muscle in throwing the ball, and not the diseus- leaping, running, and hard contest on the modern bicycle—all combined to prove that the old spiri t of endurance and valour has not died out from amongst us. though we are not a nation of war. riors. Our glory is that we can adapt ourselves to the exigencies of the times, and by the cultiva- tion of manly strength we take the best course for preserving our independence. It is thought which will help young men to follow athletics as a means to an end, and not the end of itself. Of coarse, like any other good thing, athletics may be car- ried to extreme. If the sensible line is passed over the transgressor will assuredly learn to hia cost that he has done wrong. Thoughttulness will show when to stop, and true independence of character will insure hearty acquiescence in the dictates of wisdom. THE FARMERS AND THE HAY. &olna" never remembers to have seen the Welsh farmers in such a predicament. He was passing by a field the other day which waa actually being cut by degrees. The men would cut a square, then toss it about, and let it dry, and if they could, make it into hay. This done, another square would be cut. and so on. Never had they been driven to such a course. Aud for once the hillside farmers had to put on all steam. As a rule they are slow in their movements, as if being a part of nature they imitated the slow processes of growth. You never see a cabbage grow, and you may watch a beanstalk for a month and note no progress. And thia is T ery well imitated by many of the country farmers: The fields are sown, the fields ara mown. But how 'tis done I cannot own. It is to be hoped that some batter weather may be vouchsafed to the country before winter sets in, or the harvest will be one of the smallest on record. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. On dit that for an ordinary official appointment in Monmouthshire, there were no less than sixty- seven applicants. No better sign of the times can be afforded. Trade, profession, yield no temp. tation. The ranks are filled up, and so, when there is an opening for something certain, if it ia only of a bread and cheese character, there is a rush like a crowd of boys at a free distribution of oranges in a fair. Taken by itself, the sign is a bad one, but there are other signs as well, and one of theBe is of a most gratifying character. The strike movement has sobered down, the men are at work, and the house coal distriots have already told so strongly on the exports, that an increase of from 20,000 to 30,000 tons a week has taken place in shipments from Cardiff alone. So if we do get rushes at email temptations, we get rushes away from our shores at more substantial prizes —a good coal customer and if the steady incone goes on, who shall say that there will not be less and lees desire to be fettered down to a red tape existence. ON IRON AND STEEL. II ÆQlua" on iron and steel, hi3 spot atroke," for is he net well versed in all details of iron and steel, from the time the round nodule is gathjred from the mountain side, or the pieoe plucked from tle shores of Spain, until the bar is made or the rail ia fashioned ? Being then so learned in matters of iron and steel, hia authority aa to future questions concerning it maybe accepted as sound. With this prelude he now has his say. First, then, lafit week the exports of iron and steel to America and Canada were better than they have bean for rr&r.j a day. Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Nicaragua figured a customers, and, for a certain ty, all these »nay be regarded as the vanguard of a very promising stream of new customers. The only obstacle to a trade that should make every valley ring again with th claDg, and be lit with the flishof iron and steel, is the tariff which the Americans place upon British iron. How the great western corn producing, beef fattening, cheese making, bacon slaughtering States can allow this ia a mystery. If we could sell more iron we should have more of the American products, for our poor would have money to buy, and yet year af«er year a small body of monopolists are able to benefit themselves at the expense of the American public, and to the injury of the British ironmaster and the British poor. Even despite the obstacle, trade is, as Æolus" has shown, improving, a current haa begun to start, slid knows but that it wiU rise like cur mountain streams at the flood, and swtep the tariff obstacle away GOIXG TO THE CAMP. Here is no Derby run amongst the Walsh hill-j, but strangers thought that there must have beau on the last Bank holiday, as the road from Mertbyrto Troedyrhiw was literally crowded wba tourney ers, just as on a Derby Day from LondOL There were carriages of the upper ten, and traps of the crowd who vend coole3. and the host who sell mackerel, bloaters, and ail other eatables, There were gigs and dog carta, ther;, were hosts on horseback, some on donkey back, and a thousand or two on foot, and the goal of the whole was the camp of the Glamorgan Volan- teers, in its magnificent position on the Fores", range. And the visitors were not, as may easily be lmagned, all of the male gender. Ribbon; red, whIte, and blue, pretty faces not a few; out and one and two by two, panted up the stony Rhm; Jase, and Sail, and Bet, and Sue, not aloa, to see the view, but to gaze on volunteering: posta nasotur, non nt! Evidently .Eolus" i-i capable of better things. On the top of the mour tain the scene waa striking in the extreme. Never had the mountain been so throned before. Is was crowded in every direction, and though tha table land was covered, still the cry arose, They come." And in one respect it was like a locus5 swarm, every possible thing that could be Slot Waa 1 eaten, and every thing that could be drank was I drunken. By midday there was a co?ipIsfe clearance, and this caused an earlier departure than would otherwise have taken nUoe, Taa I Tolnnietrs wanted the consolation of their friends, for they had passed through a night which every- I cne will remember to the end of the chaotor. 01 Sunday night the rain, the wind, came in great gusts, and before midnight a thunderstorm burst over the spot that.fright6ned every one. The roll of heaven's artillery, the flash of Ithuriel'a spears, kept all under canvas, and if there had been sub- terranean caverns to hide away in there is no doubt the retreat would have been resorted tQ. The camp is new a thing ot the past, but many hope, iEolus amongst the number, that. it wil be an annual event. BIRCH AND BOUNTIES, A pleasant spot in the suburbs of Merthyr known as Penydarran Park, ia now a classic*' Bcene. There is to be found the Proprietary School, which is not only wall patronised by the best families of the place, but attracts to it many a one from distant localities. Last week, iEolus hears, was the prize day, and with every respect for examiners and teachers, he would wish the distribution had been more generally known, and have been brought under the notice of the general public. Not that there is any fear of favouritiam. Unquestionably the good boys had their rewards, and the bad boys hadn't. But the more public the exhibition is the better, and the greater the praise to those who wen, and the finer the stimulus to those in the rear. Education is now one of the great cares of State, and the training of the child as great a con. sideration to the rulers as crime or pauperism. Once it was left to old women and men with wooden legs— (ped!) but now the curtains are drawn, and the Bcene ia public, and honoured and great should be the crowd around such a gathering as that of the Proprietary School of Pedydarran. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. Preparations are in progress for the holding of the fiftieth annual meeting, at Swansea, of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Among the names of the subscribers to the guarantee fund are those of the Earl of Jersey, £50; Mr. W. H. Michael, .£50; Mr. Siemens, of the Landore Steel the Lord Bishop of St. Lord Aberdare, £20; Mr. Thornton Andrews, £20; Mr. Dillwyn, M.P., £20; Mr. J. T, Clark, of Dowlais, .£20; and others for smaller amounts. Numbers who will, no doubt, add their names to the list have not yet done so, but will do so in due course. It may, however, be added that the sooner they do it the better, for the bon. secretaries to the local committee. Dr. Morgan and Mr, James Strick, will have to be in Sheffield on the 19th instant, in conference with the executive of the Aeaociation, and some sort of a programme will have to be presented as to what Swansea is likely to do. They will have to cut their coat according to their cloth. It is estimated that 17,000 visitors will have to be provided for. Swansea will therefore do well to be prepared in time, and so arrange matters as to give the members of the association a thorough good Welsh welcome when they come. The meeting will take place abau r, thia time next year, so that, in view of the exten- sive ariangements which will have to be made, there is little time to lose. WHO IS TO BE MAYOR ( This question is being asked in earnest in Swansea, having in view the important year from a public point of view, the year 1830 is likely to be. It will be necessary to have someone in the civic chair who can dispense public hospitality, and welcome distinguished visitors with dignity, pro. priety, and with liberality. The British Associa- tion comprises some of the ablest literary aud scientific men in the. world. Mr. Edward Rice Daniel would have been mayor last year bat for his own hesitation in not declaring himself, and no one would be more acceptable to the town coun. cil and to the burgesses at large should he acsade to the general wish expressed last year, and accept office this. The dignity of the town would be in faithful hands, and the oivic duties would be performed quite in keeping with the excep- tional requirements of the ensuing year. Should Mr. Daniel decline to serve, and it is rumoured that he has already done so, the attention of the council will be turned towards a divided choice between Mr. F. A. Yeo and Mr. Alderman Jenkins. Both these gentlemen have already filled the civic chair, and it would be a case of re election. In this event, it is thought Mr. Yeo would be the choice of the council. Mr. Thos. Davies was a candidate for the office last year, and, it is said, will this year test his friends on the same ground. Whatever may be the result, the ensuing year will be an important year for the borough, and it may well be hoped that the right man will be placed at the head of affairs as its chief magis- trate. NO OPPOSITION. Mr. John Buse has gone into the council un- opposed, to fill the vacancy caused by the deatL of Mr. Rees Da vies. Mr. Buse was ousted last November by Mr. Daniel Jones, and the result was regretted by many who regarded Mr. Buse as an old and valued public servant, he having, up to November last, been in the Town Council a number of years. A groundless cabal was raised against him last year, and he was turned out. He pluckily stands again for the vacancy alluded to, and goes. And so the municipal changes are rung year after year. A LITTLE MORE CIDER. A funny story is going the round of the camp of the 3rd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers, now under canvas at Glais, in the Swansea Valley. One of men was absent without leave, and had beon in camp and gone out again in a state of drunken- ness. On the roll being called over, h9 was missing, and a picket was sent after him, who searched diligently up and down the valley, but to no purpose. On returning to camp, and on passing the vicinity of the cook-house, they heard a terrible groaning under the hedge. "Haiti" cried the corporal io command of the picket—"Here he is." It wad pitch dark. The groaning continued, as thoug a he who groaned was in terrible agony. Approach- ing stealthily to where the lamentations prooeeded from, the picket collared their man, rather roughly you may be sure but on inquiry it turned out tJ be the deputy-ccok, who, during the cookiag of the officers' dinner, had drunk two pints of cider, and was suffering therefrom. He was really ill— so ill that the doctor had to be sent for, and the sufferer was invalided. On the following day tb.1 absent volunteer presented himself, and was clapped into the guard-house. On Sunday he was dismissed the camp. The adjutant is a man who will stand no nonBense of this sort. Thursday Evening. ÆOLUS,
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GLAMOBGANSHIJRE GENERAL AGRICULTURAL SOQIETY. [COMMUNICATED.] The success which notably of late years hJ. 3 attended the efforts of the Glamorgan3 General Agricultural Society suggests a furtho means by which its annual exhibitions may b; additionally improved. We believe that the tima has come when the county character of the sho ? cught to be still further emphasised. Everybody i3 aware how, since the migratory principla ha3 been adopted, the society's show has increased iu the quantity and quality of its exhibits, in its popu- larity with all classes, and its general prosperity. What now remains is to systematise the miscr^- tcry principle, instead of following it haphazard. To this end the county, for the purposes of the showJ ought to be divided into three districts, each district consisting of three towns. Thus, Merthyr, Aberdare, and Pontypridd would naturally form one district; Cardiff, Cowbri3sp, and Bridgend another; and Swansea, Neath, ani Aberavon a third. By such an arrangemÐnt tt" show woul": be, not in name only, but in fact, a truly county show, embracing every chief agri- cultural and commercial district in Glamorgan- I shire, and affording, on a fair and equitable priu ciple, the wbole of the inhabitants a chance of participating in the honour and gains arising from holding it in their immediate locality. The all-round, representative, and emphatically county character which we desire to see thd society possess in a fuller degree than at praaa. i would be still further assured if a fair proportion cf members representing the nine towns com- posing the three districts we have named war) electcd on the general committee. There is u) telling what an accession of strength would rasul* to the society from the harmonious efforts of thoroughly representative committee, the vidual membera of whioh, while naturally jealsa i for the honcur of their particular district; woul be above all at xious for the agricultural reputatic- 1 of the county. Under the arrangement which w j have suggested the show would, as a matter of course, be still bound to go once every nina yaai to Cowbridge, and though that modest but justly famous little town might regret the lapse of tima necessarily occurring between each visit, it would have tbe satisfaction of knowing that, successful as was the migratory movement from the outset, it proved itself all the more successful whan ayatematised on a regular plan, with it < three dis- tricts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and Pontypridd; Cardiff, Cow bridge, and Bridgand j and S vansea, Neath, and Aberavon.
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I CARD IF]?. THE INFIRMARY.Tha treasurer of the Infirmary, Mr. W. D. Bushell, haa recaivad the sum of .01.1 9a 3d, collccted by ilida Guna, at the ¡ Ari: el Hotel, for the benefit of the institution. I LLGAL.—-Mr. A. Hior Evans, son of the lata Dr. Hier Evans, of this town, haa successfully passed the preliminary examination of the IDcor. pcrated Law Society for July. FATAL RESULTS OF AN ACCIDENT.— John O'Connell, a coal trimmer, who recently fell down the hold of a vessel and fractured his skull, died at the Infirmary on Friday night, and on Saturday Mr. E. B. Reece, the coroner, held an inquest upon his body. 1 he verdict of the jury was that" Death was due to injuries accidentally received." ACCIDENT TO A COAL TRIMMER.—-On Tuesday, John Morgan, a coal trimmer, of 21, Maria street, tell down the hold of a steamship lyicg in the East Bute Dock, and severely injured his shoulder. He was conveyed to the infirmary. This is the third accident of a serious nature which has happened recently under similar cir. cnmstancea. THE IMPENDING REDUCTION ON THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY. — The memorial of tha West Yerd men asking for a alight modification of the proposed reduction in wages of 5 per oant., was on Wednesday laid before Mr. G. Fisher, the general manager, by Mr. Riches, the superin. tendent of the locomotive department. A reply will, probably, be given in the course of a few days. ACCIDENT AT GRANGETOWN.—On Wed. needay, a young labouring man named Thomas Davies, of Holmesdale street, Lower Grangetown, met with an accident while attending to his work in that locality. He waa carrying a hod, and was jnst about to step on to a plank, from the wall of a new building, when he slipped and fell six feet, dislocating his arm. He was after war da con. veyed to the Infirmary. FUNERAL OF AN OLD INHABITANT.—The mortal remains of the late Mr. Wiliiam Hannam, of Carolina street, who expired on Monday last, were on Wedcesday interred at the New Cemetery, I whither a funeral cortege, consisting of nine mourning coaches, proceeded. The late Mr. Hannsm, who was 76 years of age, served in the army in India with the 4lt Regiment, from 1823 to 1842, and resided in Cardiff, where he was much esteemed, since 1846. The funeral arrange- ments were under the superintendence of Messrs. Andrews and Marsh. TRADESMEN'S HOLIDAY.—This year no organised attempt has been made to hold a trades. men's holiday, as had been the custom in previous years. But it was generally understood that on Wednesday all the shops would be closed iu order to give the tradesmen of the town and their employs the opportunity of patronising one of the various marine excuisiona which were run durirg the day. A large number of persons ac- cordirgly journeyed to Watchet, others to Chep- stow, while the Lady Mary oiada two very suc- cessful trips to Weston. The weather was moderately fine. SALE OF AMERICAN CATTLE.—Mr. James Pritchard, auctioneer, of Bristol, Bold 80 head of fine American cattle, at the Roath Cattle Sheds, on Wednesday, at prices ranging from 20 to 25 guineas. The buyers were principally Cardiff butchers. The cattle formed part of a consign- ment cf 158 head, which had been landed to the order of Messrs. Bell and Sons, Glasgow and London, by the s.s. Rhiwiudda, and a wooden shed had been especially erected for their reception. This consignment is the largest that haa yet been landed at this port from one ship. SALE OF HORSES.—On Saturday aftsr- noon, Messrs. Stephenson, Alexander, and Co. effected an important sale of fine horses. Thirteen two-year, old colts sold at prices ranging from 12 gs. to 13 gs.; 12 Irish carriage horses, 25 gs. to 50 gs.; 30 very good cart horees, the best from 65 gs. to 70 gs. and the more moderate from 25 gs. to 40 gs. There will be a special sale of hunters, harness horees, and ponies, limited to the number of 60, at the repository of Messrs. Stephenson, Alexander, and Co., on the 21st inst, CARDIFF PILOTAGE BOASD.—On Tuesday the monthly meeting of the pilotaga board was held, under the presidency of Mr. W. D. Bushel), when the proposed regulations for the pilots' superannuation fund were again considered. Since the previous meeting of the board it ap- peared that the pilots had discussei tha matter, and the majority bad objected to the basis on which the scheme wag founded. In their opinion pilots should receive an equal allowance, no matter what their age, class, or length of service might be. This was discussed by the board, and a few amendments made. The new code will again be submitted to the pilots for their approval. ACCIDENT TO A TOWN COUNCILLOR.— We regret to learn that, owing to an accident which happeRed on the day previous, Mr. Richard Cory, jun., was unable to leave his residence on Tuesday. It appears that Mr. Cory was prac- tising his tricycle in the prounds at the front of his house in Newport.road, and when turning a sharp curve the machine went over, anil its rider was thrown to the ground in a violent manner. A neighbour promptly ran out and helped Mr. Cory into hia house. The injuries occasioned by the fall were somewhat severe, as the injured gentleman has been unable to move his arm, and hia shoulder is severely hurt. We understand that he has had several very narrow eEC -.pea from serious bodily har- lately; but, with considerable pluck, he has odntinued to rido the tricycle through the streets of the town. A FATAL FALL DOWNSTAIRS.—Mr. E. B Reece, coroner, held an inquest on Monday night upon the body of George William Thomas, a accountant, residing at 69, Shakeapere street. The deceased was a married man, and 45 years of age. His wife retired to bed at about one o'clock on Sunday morning—the family having stay ad up late on account of the thunderstorm—and he was left downstairs reading a book. An hour or so afterwards, his wife hearing a noise, ran out of her bedroom and found him lying at the bottom of the stairs in a state of insensibility. He had evidently fallen down, as he had a bruise on the side of the head, and a discolouration of aa eye. Dr. Lougher was sent for, but the unfortunate man was dead. The jury rtnrned a verdict of Accidental death." CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians was held on Saturday, Mr. R. Forrest in the chair. The master reported that during the week there had been 21 admissions, 23 discharges, and three deaths, leaving a total of 367 in the house— a comparative increase of 37. Vagrants relieved 23, as against 29. The master of the Ely Schools reported no admissions, one discharge, and a total remaining in the house of 248 comparative increase, 17. It was stated that the aggregate number of persons relieved was 2,727, as against 2,554; increase, 173. The amount of money expended was .£273 15a 4d, aa agains-t .£z52 10s lid comparative increase, .£21 4 g 5d, which was chiefly due to St. John's and Roath parishes.—This waa all the buaiaeas of public interest. THE GOOD TEMPLARS AND MR. REED, M P-—On Saturday evening a large and influen- tial gathering of Geod Templars was held in th j Arcade Rooms, Mr. G. A. Edwards, G.W.C.T., presiding. The proceedings were of an animat->:l character, and amongst the resolutions pissed the following^ received unanimous and hearty support:—" Thit this meeting rejoices in the fact, that one of the political parties in Cardiff has nominated a supporter of the Permissive Bill as one of tbe caioidates for Parliamentary honour* at th.<? fort boon general election; Itnd should no ot-er candidate appear, who shall ba equally favourable to tervpert-,tle9 legislation, aU Gooi T, P-1Dhrs and other temperance voters are urged to give their undivided support to Mr E. J. Rceo," AT WHITCHURCH, on Saturday, the "TAFF Vale Looge of the Ancient Order of Shepherd j celebrated its anniversary. The members walked in procession from the lodge room, tha Three Elms Inn, to the pariah church, where an appropriate sermon was preached by the vicar, thence to Vtlinora, and back through tha village to the lodge room, whero a bountiful repast wa.3 spread by Host Bro. Morris. Mr. J. A. Jackaou occupied the chair, and Dr. Wallace the vise- cbair. After the usual loyal toasts were ginn, the secretary, Bro. E. Gibbons, Rave a statement showing the lodge to be in a prosperous condition. Votes of thanks were given to the chairman and vice-chairman, and the host and h03teFJs, a very pleasant evenirg boing spent. The proosasioa was headed by tha Melingriffith Brass H&nd. THE CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD held thsir usual monthly meeting, on Wednesday, at the Town.hall, Mr. J. Batchelor in the chair. There were also present the Rev, G. A. Jones, Mr. Peter Price, Mr.^ T. Rees, and Mr. J. A. Le Boulan^er. —Ihe C'erk read tha financial statement, from which it appeared that there was a balance in the treasurer's hands of £ 4.6:?4 10s 5d, and that the biHa for pay- ment this month amounted to .£2.835 14a Id, including .£13Z0 purchase money for Sciuhh Church street School. It was resolved that cheques ba signed fur this amount.—Mr. T. Rsus I tbe board to consent to the removal of Alias Amy Farthing, pupil teacher, from the Dock Schools to the girls' department at the new school, Ad&mfcdown, at which he said there ware now 22') children. This was agreed to.—Care- takers were appointed for the Adamadown and So-ath Church afreet Schools, which concluded the bu?iLesa, THE FOWLING CLUB.—Representatives of the Abergavenny Bowlinpr Club visited Cardiff oa Thursday for the purpose cf trying their strength apaitBt a selected team. The honour of Card if was gailantly maintained, as they were winners by 03 points to 46, the visitors only being succes- ful in one game. The most signal defeat waa th tt itfl;cted by Messrs. Wright, W. Treaeder, Mar. quand. and Errbery, who scored 21 to their oppo- nents'2. During the day the players, 40 in number, sat down to an excellent luncheon, provided by Mr. Bowden, of the Philharmonic Restaurant. NEW STEAMER.—Messrs. Pyman, Watson and Co., Cardiff and Newport, have added another steamer to the fleet owned by them. She was built by Palmer's Iron Shipbuilding Company, Limited, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, and launched hut Thursday, being christened the Fountains Abbey as sha left the stocks. She is schooner riggod, constructed to carTy 1,850 tons of cargo, be-ides a sufficient supply of bunker coala. Her engines are of 130 horse-power nominal, and .sh > is classed 100 81 at Lloyd's. The Fountains Abbey^s a fine boat, fitted in the most perfect manner. Her hrildars expect ahe will staam nina or e>isS and a half knots per hour. FCALE OF AMERICAN SHEEP.—Messrs. Johnston ana Miles, on Thursday, sold at tha Canton Market, a consignment of 230 American aId Canadian sheep, which had reo^ntly arrived by the 8,13, Lord Clive. The attendance of buyers large, and the bladings were moderately bzifclr, the prices realised being from 30.3 to 33a. ANNIVERSARY SERVICE AT ST. STE PEEK'S.—The first anniversary of the establish- ment of tha l ew iron church of St. Stephen's was celt-brattd at thai place of worship on Thursday rifeht. lie ECT. A. G. Russell read the lessons, »».d a special sermon of considerable force was t'cbrereci by the rector of Merthyr. The preacher t&f.«-d hi*, discourse upon 11. Samuel, chap, xxlv., vei se 24, demonstrated the necessity of the inters ot the >.harck not only giving of their r» fca*«rcs, of yie'dfrg th?ir whole Jmrl» t, God, if they would obtuia sanedScat on and re* < tmption. lie sermon waa i;s:tied to witu the £ reatf st attention'ttroughoat, and at the close a ci lleciiou wfi3 r adei HE 4 MALGAMATED BRITISH SEAMED S PROTECTION .ASSOCIATION7.—The monthly ii g of the Cardiff branch of lha above association "aö held at Le AngU ee.a Tavern, Bute striet, on Wtrnetc'ay eveiiig. Councillor Treseder in the chair. Tre meeting was public, and there wis a mllUHOU9 attendance of seamen, jfhe Chairman faid that, in p.11 pars oftte country, working men had handed "hemseivos together i'Oi* mutual pro- tection, acd the association was anxious Hat f-eamen should do likewise, as it was patent thy Buffered from evils which called for redress. The cost of membership was only the price of a qaart of beer—sixpence— pjr month, and he would advise them all to join. Mr. Williams explained tbe objccta the association had in view, and affirmed that the seaman waa badly paid badly fed, and, on the whole, badly berthed. The members cf other trades had formed themselves I into sccieiics, and, as a result, were receiving more wages. But with tho seamen tha case was the reverse; although shippiug wa.s more profiitble than before, the wages had decreased, He boped they would all join tbe association, as through its agency they would be able to obtain red rets for many of the evils to which they were subjected. He waa glad to see some of their coloured friends present, because when the Greeks were shipping at less than the ordinary rate of wages, they Btood out, and refused to ship. In coriolnBion, ho observed that it was probable that the Liverpool Union would amalgamate with them; at any rate, a correspondence was going on with the view o attaining that object. The Chairman then made a few remarks with regard to the readine38 of seamen in adapting themselves to circumatances, and said that otherwise they would not put up with the horrible indignities to which they were sub j acted in the forecastle. Mr. Lloyd (the secretary) stated that the branch was opened on the 21st April last, and that since then 183 members had been en. rolled of gave in their names during tho past month. In explaining the objects to which the funds of the eocicty were devoted, he said there was a great deal of crimping going on in the CuEtom-house at Cardiff, Some of the Board c.f Trade officers were raihar handy in taking tips, and instead of taking up the best men, "ls-ndsharka" often received the preference. socioty had set men to watch, and already they had a catalogue of suspicious caces which they intended to bring before the superintendent of the Custom-house. They intended to do their best to prevent the dastardly act of crimping, aud they ware endeavouring to get an Act passed making it com- pulsory that Beamen should show a certain number of bona fide discharges. He stated that the branch proposed erecting a club-room, at a cost of .£2ùO. and of having regaJu, for the officers. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. "BAIAADRTAD" HOSPITAL SHIP.—Re- port for the week ending the 6ch of August. —Number of patients remaining last week, 24; admitted since, 13; discharged, 6; died 0; cut-patients treated, 78; regaining on board, 31, —W. Hughes, medical superintendent. GLOBE Angel-street. An Ordinary Daily
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PENARTH. PENARTH LOCAL BOARD. — The usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday. Mr. J, S. Coibett presided. There were also present- Messrs. J. Edwards, Tinker, Jones, Richards, and J eyshon. The reports of the treasurer and the collector of rates were read, the latter showing that .£186168 had been collected on the highway rate since the last mouth's statem-nt. The Clerk submitted bye lawa which he had prepared in accol(Jance,with the instructions of the board, for the management of the traffic on tha beach. They weire adopted nem, dis. — A report was the. read from the private improve- ment i cOMaitteo, recommending that on the complcticwrf Glebe street, the private improve- ment in Salop street and Plasuey Btreot be proceedea^ith. This was agreed to, and the question was then deferred till the next meeting. —The Clere read a U tter from the Local Govern- ment Boaro, Btating that tha order they issued constituting the Town Council of Cardiff the pore sanitary authority'^Mruld expire on the 2Jth of September, and tbjn they proposed to issue a further order, continuing the arrangement ultil the 2Cth of Ssptember, 1830.—Mr. Edwards oaibd athmtion to the fact that the salaries p.id to the medical officer and the nuisance inspector were the famejrfz., .£20. He thought thia was an ancmaly, #and he gave notice that at the next meeting he would move that the salary of tg, medical officer be increased .£5. If the medical officer was worth anything, he was worth mere than the nuisance inspector. The Chair- man: Loes he complain ? Mr. Edwards: No; but it appears to be an ocomaly that he should only be getting .£20 and the subordinate officor the eame.—There was no other business.
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CAERPHILLI. AT CAERPHI^^Y, the annual club feasts of the Old Benefit Society, held at the Boar's Head Hotel, and to# Female Benefit Society, held at tha Castle Hotel, took place on Monday.
PEtfGAM.
PEtfGAM. AT J?ENGAM, on Monday evening, the Managing Committee of the Bedwellty Cattle Show Society met at the Ivy Bush Inn, to Belect judges of the several classes of stock, &c., at the show to be held on the 11th of next month, at Black- wood.
TREFOREST.
TREFOREST. AT TREFOREST, the Sunday School con. nected With Sharon Chapel were treated to test and Cake at the.Castlo Inn rooms on Monday afternoon, under the superintendence of the Rev, Hugh Harris, Mr. James Richards, &0. After the repast the scholars adjourned to the pleasure grounds connected with Taff Vale House, kindly placed at their eervioe by Mr. and Irs. Roberts. Here they were regaled with abundance of ripe fruits, strawberries, cherries, &c. At the closa of the visit a hearty vote of thanks waa accorded to the kind hoat and hostess.
TREALAW.
TREALAW. AT TREALAW, bhondda Valley, on Mon- day, William Thomas, drayman to Mr. Williams, brewer, Pontypridd, had one foot badly crushed by a cask of beer falling on it.
PENTRE.
PENTRE. AT PINTRE COLLIERY, on Saturday u orning, two men, named David James and Thos. Griffiths, employed in the same stall at the above colliery, .were seriously injured by the roof falling upon tnetn'socn after they had commenced work- ing. One had his hip dislocated as well as other injuries, the other sustained a fracture of one I leg.
BRIDGEND.
BRIDGEND. AT BBIBGEND, the Loyal Dunraven Lodge of OddfeflowB held tboir anniversary on Monday evening, when the members sat down to an ex- cellent engper, at tie Bear Hotei, provided by the Mrs. Griffiths. After tha repaat pleasant ewning was spent. The Rev. T. Cole presided, ard submitted the usuaHoasts, andtho secretary (Mr. E. Rioh) gave an interesting and gratifying account of the funds of the society, JMid he wa3 followed by tha corresponding secretary (Mr. John Llewellyn), who gave an equally gratifying account of the state of the district lodges. A portion of local artillery band plajed selections of music, and several of the membara contributed to the vocali<;rn of the evening.
MAESTEG.
MAESTEG. MAESTEG BOARD OF HEALTH met en F/iday, lilT. D. Davies presiding. A communi- cation from the Local Government Board wa. read confirming the appointment of the medical officer for one year, and 01 the sanitary inspector for three y^ars.—The Medical Officer reported that the samples cf milk submitted to him for analysis were all ??ood.—There was no buainesa of public interest before the board. l T Massteg the annual demonstration of the Sunday Schools took place on Monday, when about 4,000 scholars assembled in the Llynvi School fiaygroi nd. After a brief religious ser- vice, and an addrwss from Mr. John Evans, tha president, the schools marphed in procession thiough the principal streets, and re-assembled in the playgrcuad for dismissal. Tha schools the procession were the Sal- vation ^army Converts, (Jarmel, Bathaaii, Zoar, Bfltoel, Gaxfcfa, Wealcyan, Tabernacle, Tabor, Congregational. Mr. T. Morgan, draper,- r^falated the order of procession, and "si r. Brhzer lap! the sirg;n^. In addition t':s fi e Nor eonfOMflist Schools in the upper district had a denr onstrwoon and a procession in the higher harnlot. Th9 schools, after the procession, ro- turned to the respective places of worship, where the echoiga were regaled with tea and cake.
CARREF licensed VIClElJAfcLEES'…
CARREF licensed VIC- lElJAfcLEES' ASSOCIATION, ,t<J- The bifryearly meeting of the Cardiff Licensed Victuallers' Association was held on Thursday night, at the Queen's Hotel, Cardiff, Mr, R. A. Blaka in the chair. The 18th half-yearly report was read by Mr. J. Weaver, the sosretary. It stated that there had been a fair increase of mem- bers, ard, considering the many calls on tha funds, the balance in hand was satisfactory. Tha committee were at a leas to know who represented such a body a a the Central Association," th-it had ir fluenced the Cardiff Corporation to affix tho ccrporate seal to a petition for closing houses on Sunday. Allusion was ah o made to various Parliamentary mea.r;nrH J nftecting tha interests of the trade. Tha President moved the adoption of the report, and the motion was seconded by Mr. J. Wi'liam-f, and carried.—Mr. W. H. Daviea proposed, at i Air, G Watson seconded that a vota of thanks ba accorded the preoident for the able manner in which be had prepared tho report. This being I agreed to, unanimously, the president acknow- ledged tt'e yoto, ard in the course of bi8 remarks expret eea bis regret so few members weri I presett- He BlfJO dluded to the action recently tukf n by tue Cardiff Corporation in affiaing the; teal to a memorial for clcsirg publio houses on Snndnye, and said that, with respect totakin? counsel s_opinicu en the subject, it was left in tfca hones of tro Defence League! rt.) meeting then terminated.
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Landrath of Uri, gin Switzerland, has revived capital punishment for murder and arson attended with less of life, but this provisional law requires ratification by a plebiscite. The annual exhibHion of the Ntaional Art Competition at South Kensington is now open to the public. The exhibition this year consists of about 1,100 works, selected from about 14,20q woil-s sent up from 145 schools of art throu^hom. the kingdom for the annual examinition aii idouth KpnaingtoB. The United States Consul at Cipe Haytion, in a despatch to the Department of State, report, that the importations of the island have so greatly exceeded the exports during the past thr.e yearn as to dram the country of specie. The merchants are approachirg bankruptcy, and the peopl?, gererally are in great distress. Families are acrJfciDg their plate and jewels piecemeal to pro- cure the lecesssriea cf life. Such hard times were never before kiowr.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CARDIFF. A DISORDERLY FAMALE.—At Cardiff t-olice couit, on Monday (before Alderman H. bowen and Mr, H. 0 Joi:es) Edith Robinson waa charged with being drunk and disorderly. Police cusBt&bJe Stuart taid he saw tho prisoner 0:: Saturday night. She was vory drank. She afurTcards nset another wom.71 carrying a jng of beer. Priserer caught hold of ter by the hair and beat her. Ordered to pay a tine of 5J and costs cr three dsyn* imprison. n'ert. LTOEE THROWING.-—At Cardiff police- court, on Monday, a b;y named Bennes waa charged with breaking a tile, value la., on the 28th of July. Alfred Moon said ha saw the defen- dant throw a stone on tha roof of a stable belong, ing to Meters, Jones and Jepson, Cathays. On falling the tcone brcke a tile, value Is. The Bench ordeied that defendant pay Is. damages, 5s. fine, and costs. or in default seven daya' imprison- ment. A "VIOLENT LODGER.— 41 Cardiff police. court, on Monday, Jane Lewis waa charged with assaulting Margaret Humphreys, on 23rd tilt. Prostcntor said on hear- ing a noise in defendant's room, she went in. and saw her in a state of intoxication breaking a chair and jug her (witness's) property. Lewis, on seeing witness, became very violent, pushed her out of the room into the shop, where defendant took up a weight and struck her severely on the mouth. The case was adjoarned till Friday for further evidence. LICENSING APPLICATIONS.—At Cardiff police court, on Monday, an application was granted for the transfer of the licence of the Glastonbury Arms from David J. Jones to George Blake.—An out-door licence was granted to J. Mules, 75, Union street. Mr. Morgan, solicitor, (Messrs. Morgan and Scott) applied for a licence on behalf of oah Carter for No. 64, Metal street, Roath. The licence wa., granted. A transfer of licence from the Six Bolls, Charlotte street, which is shortly to be pulled down, was made to a hoaae in Pearl street, Rcath. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY IN BUTE STKIET.—At Cardiff police court, on Tuesday (before Alderman H. Boen), Margaret Hennessey was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Pute street, cn the 4th instant. Police constable Wi'Jiam Alderman said he was on duty in Bate street on Alcnday night. He there saw prisoner, who was drunk, quarrelling, fightinsr, and shouting, with a large crowd around her. 0;] being spoken to by witness she struck him across the face, and tried to scratch him several times. Ordered to pay a fine of 5a and costs, or five imprison- ment. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—At Cardiff police court, on Wednesday, Sidney Russell, driver of a 'bus between Crcckher'otown and Cathays, was fined 20s and costs for working a horse while in an unfit state. Polioe-constable David Webber proved that the animal was suffering from several wounds, which were constantly irritated by the harness. SWANSEA. STEALING ROPE.—At Swansea, on Tues-, day, William Evans, 14 years of age, and living in Tontine street, wacharged with breaking and I entering a marine store in Burrow place, and stealing a quantity of rope, valued at 5s, the pro- perty of William Morgan Radford. He was sent to prison fer 14 days. NEWPORT. ASSAULTS AT NEWPORT.—On Monday (before the Mayor and Mr. Stevens) Honora Fitzgerald was summoned for assaulting Margaret Rand ell. Complainant said the defendant pulled her hair out in skeins, "Yea, indeed, Mr. Kesfiick." There was a cross summons. Fitz. gerald said Randell struck her with a fork. They are married women; Fitzgerald has six and Ran- dell five children. The Mayor said it was pre- fectly sickening to Eit and listen to these disgraceful stories. Each £ aed 10s 6d or 14 days. —I aniei Cecil was chargec with assaulting Christi. ana Ridge. He insults her every time he passes her door, and one day last week he sent hia wife to scratch her. Defendant was bound over to keep the peace and to pay costs.—Henry Price was charged with assaulting Walter Evans. There wat a dispute about money, and complainant said the defendant kicked him. On tha other hand, defendant E&id complainant waa the aggressor. Defendant was fined 20s, including costs.—Mary Lois Morgan was charged with assaulting her sister-in-law, Mary Morgan on Wednesday night last. Complainant said the defendant was drink- ing all cay, and when she retcrned she kicked her twice. This is part of a sad family history. Only last week this defendant charged her husband with assaulting her, but she did not appear, and the case waa dismissed. Her husband is an argiLe driver. Aithongh so young, she has given hertelf up to drunken habits. The Mayor said the best thing would be to send her to prison. Defendant was very much frightened at the idea of being sent to prison, and promised not to come here again. Fined 10a. 6d. If she comes again, ahe is to be sent to prison without the option of a fine. Also bound over to keep the peace. — Hannah Thomas was summoned for assaulting Marcella Johnson. Defendant is a drunken, quarrelsome woman. Fined 58 and bound over.—James Franklin was charged with assaulting Henry Thomas. To be bound over and to pay costs. COAL STEALING.—Mary Weburg waa charged, on Monday, with stealing coal at the Ebbw Vale Wharf, Newport, on the 1st instant. Police-constable Badge caught her. Prisoner was similarly charged a fortnight ago, and discharged with a caution. She is a widow with four children. This was her first conviction. Ordered to be imprisoned for one day. CRUELTY AT NEWPORT.—On Monday Samuel Gabb, greengrocer, from the Cefn, waa charged with cruelty to a horse on the 23rd uIt: Inspector Bartholomew said the horse was suffer- ing from spavin. It was cruel to work the horse. Mr. Sheaf saw the horse a week ago, and said it was an old standing disease, and bad to work on hard ground. On promising not to work the horse until it was in a fit condition, defendant was let off by paying costs. A PLEDGE CASE.-At Newport, on Mon. day, Louis Freedman was summoned for refusing to give up a pledge to Ann Hern. She said on Thursday she went to the defendant's shop for a suit of clothes, and he told her to wait till they could find it. Defendant now produced the suit, and said if he had been allowed a little time it would have been found without bringing the case here. To pay costs. TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET.—Eliza Wilson was charged, on Wednesday (before the MRycr of Newport snd Mr. CullumX with riding on the Great Western Railway without a ticket. On Monday afternoon last the defendant landed at Newport from a train which conveyed soldiera frcm Whitland to Newport. She had no ticket. She said she came in che train because one of the soldiers was her bueband. There, waa no truth in her story. Fined 20s, or 14 days. A FEROCIOUS DOG AT NEWPORT.—On Wednesday, James Mahoney was eumpioned for allowing a ferocious dog to be at large. Oa Friday evening last the dog bit a child belonging to Mary Regan. Ordered that the dog be destroyed, and defendant to pay costs. ASSAULTS AT NEWPORT.—On Wednesday, Thomas Hobbs was summoned for assaulting Mary Kiley. Defendant said the woman was not right. She was always insulting him as he passed the house. Defendant was ordered to pay costs, and to keep the peace.— William Haggius waa charged with assaulting Laoy Bellamy. He struck end kicked her. His defence was that she assailed him with filthy language, and simply pushed her. Dismissed.—Henry Wheeler Gosling was summoned for assaulting Albert Voik, hia step-son, on Monday last. Defendant went to complainant's house, bureit open tho door, and threatened to stab him. Ho also struck him. Complainant said he had to keep his mother, and had forbidden defendant to come to the house. Defendant was fined 10a 6d or 14 days, and bcrnd over to keep the peace.—George Hugh James, .butcher, was charged with assaulting his wife, Mwy Jane. On Monday night laab he went home and struck her. He has been several times charged with asse.ujiting hor, and had been in prieon once. Complainant did not press tha ) charge, and he was simply bound over to keep the peace and to pay the costs.—Richard Lewis, fitter, was charged with assaulting Rachel Hardy by striking her on the mouth. To pay costs.— Michael Canlon was brenght up on an adjourned cese of assaulting his wife, to state wha. allow. ance per week he would make his wife. Ha pa'd her 8s. The Bench advised them to make up their differences. PENTRE. AT PENTRE POLIC £ -COU*?T, on Monday, Mrgaret Rees, Yniefcir. waa bound over in the the ptace towards Elizabeth >0wards, a neighbour, and aU her Majesty's subjects fer six monthe.—William Hunt, Fern. dale, was fined 10s and costs, and ordered to pay 10s for damage done to the house of his father, on Saturday night.—Joseph Phillips, hai? drearer, Penyg/aig, was charged with being drunk ard riotous on the road op. posite the Butchers Arms, Penygraig. On the night in question the defendant cams (yut of the Swan Inn bareheaded and pro:eeded to tbe r(1ad in front of the Butcher's Arms, and made reecif abominable language towards Mr. and Mr. Rees. He was now cautioned by the Bench, who told him that he and his friends, who were iatbi habit of annoying Mr. and Mrs. Rees, would find tiat he would protect them. He waa finei 5s and costs. MERTHYR. AT MERTHVK POLICE-COURT, on Monday (before Alesers. J. Lewis ar.d T. Williams), Rachel Jones, a woman of bad character, waa cc-mmittcd for a month's hard labour for wilfully damaging a window at the workhouse. AT MERTHYR POLICE-COURT, on Wed- needsy (before Br'. I.'avies and Mr. T. Williams), Tbcmss Daviea and Ann Edwards, Cjfarthfa, were summoned by Moses Gdodman, of Merthyr. for makirg a false statement and thereby obtain, irg money and goods with intent to defraud. The matter, which arose out of a bill of sale transac- tion, was settled by the parties out of court.— Samuel Jones, labourer, was committed for 11 hard labour for absconding with clothes belonging to the workhouse.—Charles Potter. collier, of Penderin., was fined 108 and costs, in default 10 days' imprisonment, for being drunk and riotous. ABEBDARE. AT ABERDARE POLICE. COURT, on Tues- day, the landlord cf the Temple Bar public-house, Aberaman, named WiJham Dukes, appeared to an adjourned summons, charging him with selling liquors during illegal hours, on the night of the 17th ult. Police constable D. Daviea stated that he saw a wo»nan, named Catherine Malpas, leave defendant's house with a bottle containing whisky, at 23 minutes past 11 on the night ia question. On taking ber back to the Temple Bar, defendant'^ excuse was that the woman hiid a sick child, and that was the reason he served ber. Thia woman and another witness was now called, and said that It was only five minutes pist 11 by his clock when defendant Ecrved her, and that his clock was five minutes too fast. Defendant ateo stated that he bad received a certificate from a. medical man to tbe e fleet that the woman's child was ill. The Bench inflicted a fine of 40s. and costs, end ordered the ii enfy ? to. bo endorpad.—Margaret tury was charged with refusing to quit the reasons' A.-atS, ÐDd" 'as now fined 53 and coats. Wro. Jones, co/ich builder, now residing at Worcester, and lata cf the White Hart, Aber- dare, wail ordered to pst) 78 61 per week, and costs, towards the maint^v of his wife, Mary Jones, at pjascnt an inmat»' of the Merthyr Work. house. BRECOJ?, AT BRECON BOROUGH 1 OLICE COURT, on luescay (before the Mayor #v d other magis- trates), William Winston, labourer., was fined £1, ard £1 18s 6d costs, for assauISsa^ Elizabeth Jenkins on Saturday laat.—Two brotÅ\\ rs. named John and Thomaa Davies, were fined 98 coats each for having in their possession fish v"°8 for the purpose of fishing.—Several persona a^pliad for game licences, which were granted.—An assault ease, in which John Williams, smith, summoned James Williama, was settled out of court at suggestion cf the Bench. ABERGAYENNT. AT AEERGAVENNY POLICE-COURT, on Wednesday, Mary Hayward summoned Charles J OLea for being the putative father of her illagiti- mate child. After hearing tha evidence of a lad named George Annette, the Bench retired and thought anxiously over the case, but could not agree, and offered an adjournment, which Mr. Utjd Gardner consented to, who appeared for complainant; Mr. Hews, of Merthyr, for defen. dant.—Charles Price was fined lOa and costs for being drunk whilst in charge of a horse in the parish of Llanvihangel Cruoorney.—An application was made by Superintendent Freemen for an order that all dogs in the county should be muzzled or kept under proper control. An order was made or one month.
THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL…
THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL BANK (LIMITED.) The ordinary general meeting of share- holders was held at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, on Wednesday, Mr. Brinsley Nixon in the chair. Mr. ROBERT GARDEN (the secratary) read the notice convening the meeting. The report and accounts were taken as read. The CHAIBMAW said I am glad on thia the first occ,ion oil which I have the honour of addressing our shareholders that the report and balance-sheet of which I hr. ve to ask their approval are such as I venture to think they will consider as satisfactory as those which have been previously laid before them. (Cheers ) In our accounts to day no doubt there are two points which to anyone not 0onversant with banking and the special circumatances of our business might at first s1ght arpear open to unfavourable comment. 'Ilia first, that the profits of the last half-year are somewhat less than those of the preceding six months. The second, that our expenses show an increase. With regard to the fhst of these, I need hardly tell the proprietors, as men ot business, that the pa it six months has been a pericd of continuous and almost unequalled depression — of a depression, too. of a nature whioh has come heme to the door of almost everyone engaged in the cotttteice of the agriculture of the country. The prdltable werking of a bank must be largely dependent upon the well-being and prosperity of those among whem its operations are couducted, and seldom have there been worse times-as well in commercial as in the agricultural districts—than the present. Our prcfits ako been adversely affected by the low va ue of money which has prevailed during the laat hf.i year, the average Bank rate having been £ 213s., as against £4 17s. 6d. in the preceding six months. This bas mere particularly affected that part of the bank's tusineoa which consists in the discount of first class bills- of which we have now consider- ably more than foimerly—while it has further been 8aversely irfiuenced by the larger amount than usual of unemployed surplus money we have, from various reasons, had on band. With these unfavourable in- fl at nces to contend with, I think we have good reason to be satisfied that our profits have been what they are; and tht, in spite of them, we have been able to maintain our usual rate of dividend, alter making very provision for bad and doubtful debts. (Cnears.) Let me sey particularly that the board have performed the lafct liamd task in no perfunctory manner, but, aided by our excellent general mnnager, Mr. Cr,.s3, have farefully gone through every single debit account in the whole bank where we have believed tf ere to' have been even a possibility of loss. With these preliminary observations, I will now, with your permission, proceed to go through tha b&lance- bheet seriitim. Ine first it,m is our capital. The paid-up capital amounts to £ 225,440, being an increase upon tiie amount in the last balance-sheet of £ 45,410, the result of the iS8ue of the 5,088 new shares alluded to it the repoit. Reserve an increase of in the half-year, made up by the Civiiierd oa ihe stock -£1,68-and part of the premium on the new shares. Customers' balances— £2,059,S24-is more than last time, and I woula húre caU the proprietors* attention to the fact that this is the first time that our balances have reached two miilions. (Cheers.) The increase is attributable to the business acquired through the f ilure of the West of England Bank, and we expect to ee a further increase frow the 8a1Ile source when the fullemount cf claims on the West cf England Bank has been paId. At the time our balance-sheet was made out only 10s. in the pound had been paid. Profits for the half a decrease of upon the prevn.uB account. This arises from the low value cf money durirg the last few months, and to our having a larger amount of surplus money than we required, owing to the difficulty of lending it for short periods in good banking securities. Turning now to the other side of the account, cash in baud and at calJ, £ 152,771, is more than last tima. Investments- £507,217-how an increase of £153,905; the addi. tion cQnSistB of high class investments, composed of debtuture and preference stocks of the leading EUjflish railways, and a certain amount of Indian railway Gc vernment guaranteed stocks. It will be satisfactory to you to know that our investments are worth at the market quotations in this mornisg'sStc ck Exchange list they st-md at inour books. (Applause.) If you will add the cash in hand and investments to- gether you will find thet they amount to £ 959,988—nearly a million of money—representing more than 46 per ceIlt. of our entire customers' balanoes, in aa immedi- ately available form, and you will quite appreciate what a great position of strength and security tl1is feature in our accounts is. (Hesr, hear.) Bills discounted aud advances to customers. £1,430.554, is an increase of Premiers and furniture— £ 31,509—is £3.349 lees than in the last balance-sheet. The account would have thown an increase instead of a decreaae, as we Lave purchased-for about half, I believe, what they cost to build, our Chepstow freehold premises, consist- ing of a fine block of two distinct buildings, one occu- pied by the bank tor offices aLd manager's residence, and the other let to firat class tenants, and other pre- mises, but for the t7,500 of the premiums on the new shares which has been applied to its reduction. The board took ths course from a desire that every item in the asset side of the balance sheet should witbout any doubt. represent 20J. in the pound. or the worth of 20s. in the pound; and further, that the premises tccount, however valuable the pro- perty represented by it, should not grow out of fair proportion to the paid-up capitiL (Cheera.) You may be iiitereeted in knowing that, amongst other premises included in the account, tùfjre are our freehold banking premises at Norwich, Digs. Lynn, Yarmou¡¡h, Eye, tiarlestcn, 1 exsby. and Sutton; copyhold, at nominal fine, at Fakenham; long termed leaseholds, at a ground nearly equal to freehold, at Lewisbam and Surbiton, where sometime since we built line premises also long leaseholds of a valuable cha- racter at Newport, where we are just finishing the ertction of bank premises, and at other places. The amount written off premises during the last few years, including the present amount of e7,500, is £ 15,500,- and we have beBidee charged the cost of fitting up and fur- nishing maty of the new branches established during the last eight years to current expenditure. I have no hesitation in Eayh g, therefora, that at present the premises alld furniture are intrwically worth more than they stand at in the accounts. Expenses, £27,968, show an increase of £ 3,&67, which, as I have before explained, is simply caused by our larger business and the three aoditional branches opened in December last on the failure of the West of England Bank. Interest paid. £10,771, is £.E31 less than last time, by which the bank makes an economy owing to the low rate of interebt prevalent for money. This, gentlemen, completes the balance sheet, and, glancing for a moment at the report, you will observe the paragraph iufomirg you of the issui of b,038 new shares pro rata among ¡;ha.reholders. As you were informed by circular of the 22nd of February last. the new shares were allotted in the proportion of one new share to eight old ones. And the number that were not so divi8ible, with thos'3 not taken up by tho allottees, were allotted to the shareholders pro rata on application, tbe application txceeding six times the rumber available. In the next paragraph you are 111' formed that the leBtlrVeS lOW amouuts 6s. 4d, and, as I have already explained the increase, I nefd now only direct jour attention to the concluding portion of the paragraph, wbich informs you tnat this amount is invested, separate and apart from the bank's other investments, in New Three per Cents. The grcss profits for the half Jear, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, and including the amount brought forward from last aocount, are £59,202 9s. 5d., and after deducting interest on new capita), current expenses, income tax, directors' re- muneration, auditors' fees, and interest to customers, there remains a balance of £ 20.162 3s. 2d. The direc- tors recommerd that this amount be appropriated iu the following manner viz. :-£' 2,500 to the payment of a dicidend, at the rate of 12-J per cent. per aunum, free of income tax; £3,03 18a. 10d. to rebate on bills; £4,7t8 4s. 4d. carried forward. No other point occurs to me that I Deed detain Jon upon, and I beg. there- fore, to move the adoption of tbe report and balance- sheet, but before putting ih to tbe meeting, shah hve pleasure iu answering any queitiou that may be put to me. (Cheers.) Mr. JAMES COODEON seconded the motion. The motion was then Cn the motion of the CHAIKMAN, seconded by Mr. EDWIN H. GOLDSWOMHY, it waB re801ved-" That II. dlvlt-In¡) forth" bait-year ending 3.th June. 18.9, be declared at tbe rate of 12t percent, par annum, free of icceme-tt x, on the capital d the bulk." Mr. F !GGESS, pursuant to nobce, movrd thi,t the reo muneration cf the c"ire itors be inc;eaBed to .£2000 per annum, and 1D doing so quoted a few statistics, shPWlDg that The proposal was a very reasonable one, when tho progress which the bank had made *sas considered. If this vote were patsed the directors would have JB350 a year each, anl.1 as two of their number attended by rotation at the bank, and there wero weekly board meetirgs, he did not think that could be considered very much to psy them. (Applause.) Mr. COATES in seconding the motion, said that in four atd a half years the eapL al bad increased 50 pet- cent. the reserve fund 35 per cent.—which was an er.ormousiiicrease—the curreut and deposit accounts 5u per cent., tht dividend 25 per cent,, and the propor- tion of r, serve to capital hd risen from 16 per cent. n. lh74 to 52 per cent, in the t'ast half year. Up to 814 thty had been increaai. g steadily ana quietly, bat since th"t time ths progress had b:en.. ven mor8Ðatlsfactory. The motion was unanimously adopted. he CRAIB MAN, in returning; banks, said the directors would ni.-t have allowed this to ba put if they haa net felt ihat they were fairly en'itled to £ 250 a-y«ar for t-hp time and attention which they gave to the atta of the bank. On the motion of Mr. WAENE. a vote of thanss passed to the oireciora for ihe able manner m ibey bad conducted the affairs of the baa&. 'ihe CHAIRMAN having briefly ackao^ed^d tbe compliment, moved a coruial vote ot tnu.«s to Mr. Crosa, the general manager (applause) ard to the staff of the bank- ^J- <>ross combined every quality that a v hlt.iio ,? j possess-energy aud prudence in the y' oe- f ree. They had every reason to be gratjfu! to the officers cf the ar k fi rthe asssriu'l-V ul man- ner in which they dealt with the b the bank. ITJCESTON accorded the motion, which was ing fcr the c< mplimei t which- ,Pai° the officials ot the, bank from both sides ot the tabie. It «a3 very pleasant 1 o bear such kind i ma^e A grostt ceal cepecde'i on tbe tra'.<b managers, andth'-y ought not tote forgrtteo. Ihe.bank wtep,]! agriiulturas. bank, hid be-iUhe -rd shout agricultural V t did not tend to mt.ke tbe duties ot rin^h managers more pleasant. (Hear, llt' •' way \u which thay diccliaiged t;e'r duties ccuid not be too highly commended, not 1 hstas ain^ thtt ia some erses the w';re cf nocaseity moderate, t he duties were discharged most faithfully. He had n. doubt the ether uftoers c:t the bank would appreciate as jxiU b at lie tU4- *& vcte Khieh had been pulsed, (Hear, hfar,) On the motion of Mr. EOULSHAM, seconded by Mr. F IGGESS, a vote if thanks was passed to tue uLairman to. LId courteous ccncuct in the chair. TLc llieetlcg tileIl termmattd.
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iZ-'er at^reeped to the deputy Cavallcfcti GaiibaJdi recommends a bold scheme for divert- ing the course of the Po. He would (says the RciKC correspondent of the Daily I<lews) have the river fCttmunicate in a straight line with Milan, bci eo by a northerly bend with Turin, and by (kepetij gits bed would aecure for these important lOW trial contres tbe benefit of steam navigation aid dheet Communication with the sea. ¡
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| ME. VIVIAN, M.P, OS WELSH j RELIGION. < On Thursday, tLo- foundation atono of a nov? Confife^ffitional Chapel, at. Llausaailet, waw laid by Mr. Hassey Vivian, P., in theprese.ce of a lajge gathering, presided over by lIk E. M. Bichtuda, of Swansea. The hitolo haying been laid, Mr. VIVIAN addressed the large soccpany which had assembled. He said that when he was asked to come forward to lay the foundation atone Mr. E, M. BicLards remarked to him that be was not a novice in the couise of proceeding which h waa to be engaged in. He was proud to say that he was not a novice, because it had constantly fallen to his ot to be asked to perform a similar service to that which devolved upon him that day. He had atwaya coinplied with the greatest satisfaction, P^asore to lay tha foundation J stone of Bethel Chapel. It waa one of those occa- | sions when they might feel justly proud of the religions sentiments of the people of that district, Three times had the same ceremony taken place on that ground. The first chapel was built 60 years ago; and. again, nearly 30 years ago, the secoiid chapel was built upon the spot. That edifice had been found too email, and it had become necessary now to erect a larger churcb They ought to bless God that tha congregation had increased, and that they had taken" up on themselves to provide accommodation for their neighbours. They had not hesitated to come forward to construct a chapel much larger than any of the preceding ones. Their first sentiment on an occasion of that kind was that God had blessed their good work. Two generations of men had pasaed away since the first chapel was erected, and they could have little doubt that much good had been done during the 60 years that a church had existed on that spot, and without transgressing what was right and proper they could believe that a large proportion of the worshippers were now happy in another world. He did not think it was too much to say that in LO other part of the United Kingdom had the duty of providing for religious worship been better observed than in Wales. His impression was that it would be difficult to find any part where it was so well observed. A great honour was conferred upon him when he was selected to bring forward the impor- tant motion in the House of Commons having re- ference to the higher education of Welshmen, and be felt that a duty devolved upon him to do the beat he could to fit himself for stating so impor- tant a case in the best possible manner. He was obliged to investigate the condition of things in Wales so that he might state them to the House of Commons. He could safely say that the more he investigated the greater pride did he feel in the Welsh people. (Applause.) Whatever test he put them to he found that he could bring forward such a statement which gave him pride in laying before the British House of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) One point, which touched especially upon the work of that day, had reference to the deep religious feeling of the people of Wales, and of course, there waB a great difficulty in proving that people were religious. Those who live in a district and who associate with men, knew what their feelings were, and what their religious character was, but to prove that, and give proof of it to strangers who knew nothing about the people, was no easy matter. After considering in what way he could prove the religious sentiments of the people of Wales ha thought he would first ascertain the circulation of Bibles from the British and Foreign Bible Society in Wales as compared with England. He thought the figures were very striking, and they would perhaps forgive him. In England last year A3 7s 6d worth of Bibles were sold for every 1,000 persons, whilst in Wales X7 4s 4d worth were sold to every 1,000 inhabitants. (Hear, hear ) That was more than double the amount received in England. In England 24 Bibles were issued for every 1,OCO people, and in Wales 41 were sold. That was a good proof, he thought, not only of the religious sentiments of the people of Wales, but of the soundness of their religious principles. He was one of those -who thought that our religion should be based upon the Bible. He believed that no dogma or doctrine which could not be directly proved to be derived from the Bible ought to enter into our religion. The more a man guided his life by the Bible the better it was for him and for alL There was another test which he thought might be put to prove the religious sentiments of the people of Wales. He was only able to get statistics from four Christian denominations—the Calvinistic Methodists, Independents, Baptists, and Welsh Wesleyans, who numbered 686,220. in Wales. Those figures did not include children under 10 years of age. He took the census returns and found that the children under 10 years of age numbered about 230,000, making a total of 916,220 belonging to those four denominations out of a population of 1,500,000 inhabitants. To those figures must be added the worshippers in the Church of England, and other denominations not included in the four already named. He thought there could be little doubt that there was scarcely a man or woman in the whole of Wales who did not belong to some religious denomination. He did not think such a favourable state of things could be shown in any other part of England. It might be shown, possibly, in Scotland and Ireland-both Celtic races. He doubted very much whether such statistics could be shown in England. There was another point, and that had reference to the amount of subscriptions. There was no better test of the sincerity of a people than their pockets. (Laughter.) If a man was willing to subscribe handsomely on behalf of his religion, it was a clear proof of his sincerity. He had obtained statistics of two denominations in Glamorganshire, viz., the Congregationalists and the Calvinistio Methodists, who numbered 118,700, and who subscribed X42,433 8s 9d towards their cbapel buildings, &c. That was about the best proof that could possibly be obtained as to the sincerity of the members of those denominations in this country. Mr. Vivian then went on to refer to the number of men, as compared with women, who attended the services. He had been occasionally present at the services in this part of the country, and he thought he would not be far wrong in say. ing that there were almost as many men preseat as women. (Applause.) If he looked around him that day he believed he could find two men for every woman present. (Laughter.) There was a great deal in that, as it went to prove the sincerity of the Welsh. There was too much irreligion and unbelief amongbt men, and there was a great tendency among the fairer and tenderer sex to be influenced by the parson, the priest, or minister -(laughter)-whilst the sterner sex rejected. The attendance of men at places of worship was the very best test that could be obtained of the true religion of the people. He had seen hundreds of congregations of Roman Catholics abroad, and the number of women as compared with men was something extraordinary, and ho knew very well the sentiments of the men, because he had spoken to them. Mr. E. M. Richards had alluded to the effect which religion bad upon the conduct of working men. Nothing, he thought, was more striking, and he (Mr. Vivian) agreed with the remarks which fell from the chairman. The good behaviour and the orderly conduct of the men of Wales was due very largely to the influence which religion had upon them. Nothing could redound more to the credit of the working population of this country than their behaviour during that unfortunate strike which occurred two or three years ago. They would remember that the strike lasted for 21 weeks, and there was no excess or violence of any kind. Unfortunately, the masters and the men disagreed, and they had a right to disagree if the men thought that the reduction in wages was unreasonable, but during the whole of that lengthened period the demeanour of the men throughout this great connty was the most orderly and honourable. That redounds to their honour. (Hear, hear.) He attributed this to the deep religious feeling which pervaded the men of Wales. bother test which he had tried was that of crime and this was one of the points which he brought before the House of Commons the other day, viz., the relative crime in England and Wales. For every twenty thousand persons in England fourteen were in prison, and in Wales there were nine prisoners for every twenty thousand inhabitants. He hoaght he might safely eay also that many out o. the nine were not Welshmen at all. (Applause). In the purely WelBh counties, where ^bere^ was no immigration of foreigners, as he must Cs.il them, there was scarcely any crime at a 1, ana it con- stantly happened that the judg o. assize were presented with pairs of T t3riTO com- mitments the case was stronger. In Lngland seven out of every 1,000 were committed, and in Wales four out of every LOW). Many of those who were committed were not WeUhmoa at all. They hopeo to see amongst them shortly the great assembly rePr^n^EJn*1f,e Eatablished Church of England. assemble in Swansea the leading minds ot that great Establishment. They bad 4,0 Wales, but why they had done so be could not eay. He was glad thay did intend coming to Wales, and he hoped they would read the lenon whioh they ought to read. ?b6tXuit asd if Vwy Wero t0 iuri*e of a tree Ji Tin W'o,. c k wer9 BO» there could be aa j ^an Would be found in a »ii absenoe of crime and the orderr ehavlvurof the population. It those who Church Congress a<,ked them- n# Woit Waa the Christian teaching ° 1? he feared that tha answer iOT- ke that to a great extent it waa not 2, irom the Church. If the teaching was io1. teaching why could there not be Cnrif aaB unity ? That appeared to him to be the pi&ctical and logical question they ought to ask fhtnigelveB—Was religion for the glory of God or lor the glory of man ? If any difference which existed was for the elory of God there might be some ground for it, but if it was for the glory of hian the sooner it was swept away tha better. He treated for his own part that the time might come when all miechievoua dogmas which separated true Cbrietians might be swept away. This was a subject which had interested him all through his life, and he had arrived at the con- clusion that the lines of demarcation that sepa- rated the great Nonconformist bodies from the Church of England were dogmas of man's creation, and could not be upheld by Holy Writ. He did not know whether he could hope that those learned and pious men who would assemble at Swansea would be able to forego the old traditions cf their Church, and shake from themselves the fetters of dogma; but he feared if he did hia hopea would not be realised. He remembered the words used by one of our old poets—he believed it was Crabbe—which ran as follows Vi hat is the Church ? Let truth and rmSOll speak; Thev will reply the faithful, p^re, aud meek. Of Christian folds, of every name and iac< Of all professions and in every plica. He hoped the time won d come when Christians would take this view of Christianity This was a practical age, and we were in the habit of aakicg what was the meaning of this, why has it existed, and why wFs it founded P We are entitled to ask whether the elected system is the right one. It was a practical age when men thought ard I expressed openly their views and feelings- They will ask themselves why they could not act as the early Christiana did- They would probably remember the words of a heathen writer who said "Look how those Christians love one another." II That was the sense in which wo ought to act. That was the reason the excellent wife of the Vicar of Llangarnkt waa present that day, and 1 -t'L_L that wa* *h" he> » Churcb pieee t EEcrgsUhev "i ^re-nouidoe uansW love en: org at them a& £ ot separation,and h*' end doubt. 'B c dear ed lo j;lw I>arl*h°bS of Llanst irlet finished »fd ir?t P8 much &« he vr-nid like to 9 finished and full. It ^sa with thsfr finished and full. It ^sa with thsfr Christian ffclirg that was present; ana, I trusted tbet God would bl?ss the w.>rk that day. (Applause).
T" I,PONTYPRIDD BOARD OF
T" I, PONTYPRIDD BOARD OF f On Wednesday the usual fortmehtly meetinli the above board took place. the .ti,¡I" JJ. ? Williams presided, and there was an umsti* large1 number of guardians present. Mr. Local Government Board iDspectar, was iu t. dance.—The Clerk called attention to the app tione made to the board by tra.-jesmsn for OJ-VIB'* ior good.! Pnpplied to paupers by order of Dav the late relieving officer for the parish of Yatr ledwe-, who had absconded, and for whose nvP hmdon a reward of £ 20 had been offered by & hmud, It appeared that ore of th; traueeffl' (Mr. Owen, Pentre), had comtrenoed legal P** ceedings against the board for the recovery of' sum of over .£20 for goods o supplied The Chairman add it would be very hard uP the tradesmen, who had regarded the relie-vi officer as their servant, if they 0011 not be paid. Several of the gnardians oxp.-e-se the same opinion. In answer to Mr. BirchU1 was stated that Davies had suoplied the trad isffl1 with the printed order form of the board answer to the ohairman the clerk advised beard to repudiate thpir liability. The clait sent in amounted to £ 300. Tha board, howev had received JE200 from an insuraaoa socie being the amount of Davies's bond. The Cli man suggested that they should call together < tradesmen who had made claims for paymeat < the geods supplied by Daviss's orders, and 0 to divide among ^t them the eurplua that woo remain of theX200 after the board had deduct what was due from Daviea en account of t cheque which he had received from thara, and g cashed at the bank jaat before he abseoade* In answer so Mr. James Richards (Trefore8* the cbk stated that the board Vf rot responsible for the manner in waio tbe relieving ^officers discharged their dutf Mr. Birtnam taought that something ahould cone to verify the bills sent iu by the trtdeanie" After some more discussion, Air. Jonea, t present relieving officer tor Yatra.dyfodwg, afiKed to compare the ordr-r book with the bl sent in by the tradesmen, and it was agreed, w this had been done, to send both bills and boo to the Local Government Board, and to according to their instructions.—Mr. Joseph, jutl Tydraw, then moved a resolution of which he given notice, to the effect that an agenda of t forthcoming business to be transacted at board should be sent to each member three da before each meeting, and that reports of all co mittees should be also sent, and that in consid ration of the extra duties this wool entail upon the clerk, his salary shoo be increased by fifty pounds per annu The resolution was seconded by Mr. Evan Davi Primrose Hill. An amendment, negativing t proposition, waB, however, carried nem, con,- Bircham called attention to the fact that thej! niore out-door paupera raceiving Union in the first six months^ lo/y tlian rn the corresponding period of 1^! He objected to the_board being divided into tbr4 sections when going through the relief list, aJ1 suggested that more use should be ma^ cf the workhouse as a test, and that the boa1] should sot more like a board than as a parocbi* institution. The rev. Chairman thanked Bircham for the remarks be had mad«j and said that he agreed with the view thatit woo'1 be better for them to divide into two secti then into three5 as at present, when going throflP the relief lists. In reference to the great incre in the Lumter of out-door paupers, he doubt whether the district had somnjhincreased duriflj the last two years as to add that number to i list of paupers. Be did not know whethar t increase was really due to new, inexperien guardians who had joined the board. If t&j number of paupera continued to increase as th«j had done during the last two years, they woU1 soon have more paupers in that district in propo tion to the inhabitants than any other union the kingdom. Mr. Birctam stated that in & retnrn of the unions of the diiti ict he had nettfjj sarily based his report on ihe census of 1871. HjJ he been able to base his report in reference to tjjj district on the present population, the Pontypr, Union would have been much lower in tha lisJ Yet tt at did not alter the fact thav they had 1.3' mere cut. door paupera than they had two ye<^ ago. The subject then dropped.
INSPECTION OF THE THIRO GLAMORGAN…
INSPECTION OF THE THIRO GLAMORGAN ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS AT CARDIFF' On Thursday the Tb ir d" Glamorgan sb^ Artillery Volunteers were inspected by ColO Davies, V. C., commanding the Auxiliary Artilled Western District. The corps assembled at t Drill hall at four o'clock, and were there joio by detachments from Bridgend and Penarth. Tb then marched to the CathayB Park, Cardiff, having been told off in eight companiss wero Pj through seme preliminary drill by Lieut.-Colc) Hill. The inspecting officer arrived at six o'clock, and was received as usual with tjj general salute. The battalion was next fo into quarter column, and marched past m spleia style, thoband playing the "Men of Harlech. Colonel Wood gave the words of command for t* manual and firing exercises, after which Licia Colonel Hill gave the order for independent cot pany drill. The whole of the movements w<j performed with admirable accuracy, and reflect* to the credit of the drill instructors and office cf the battalion. At the conclusion the marceuvres the inspecting officer delivetj a short address, complimenting the on their excellent behaviour, under tryij circumstances, at the Staddon camp. The rep0^ he had heard were, he said, very favourably Lieut.-Colonel Hill Baid they valued the privil*C of being at camp, and they hoped their con_d there would induce the authorities to send tw, again. The weather was wet whilst in camp, bjj he believed they had learnt aomathing. f\ battalion was then marched to the Drill.b under the command of Colonel Page, dismissed. The other officers present we, Ms jors Wood and Sloper; Captain and Adjut Pitman; Captains Fisher, 1: unt, Pratt, Hamilt Harrison, Thompson, Strina, Ingram, and Ft' Lieutenants Bigg, Trayes, Bassett, Mann, rI' Walker; Surgeons Granger and Vachell. ncmber present at the inspection was as follollo — Officers, 20; sergeants, 35; band men A trumpeters, 21; rank and file, 441; total, 5\; Absent with leave, 7 officers, 6 sergeants, and rank and file. Absent without leave, 18 rank 05 file. Total strength, 27 officers, 41 sergeants, bandsmen and trumpeters, and 681 rank and IV all ranks, 770. Last year the total strength of n corps was 759, so that since then a decrease u nine has taken place. On Wednesday eveniog v inspection mess dinner took place at the hail, and the ugual toast list was gone through
ANNUAL OUTING OF THE TAFI…
ANNUAL OUTING OF THE TAFI TALE EMPLOYES. I On Monday the employes of tho Taff Vale way at Cathays Yard held their excargiii to Penydarren Park, Merthyr. A special train 3 in previous years was run for them, aindiy grac^l y the company. Ihe morning was cloudy, everthelesa some 1,500 persona ware seat'i, tarred from the Tuff Vale Station, town, at 8^40. The Militia band waa in arice, whxoh played through the day to the satisfaction of those present wauzes, qaadril^u Vdbas Ao in whioh the e0f feemed to take. a g.rar, iuteress? T^J were also swings erected, and fe&Res freely engaged in, such as cric* f C'unccrs, kiss-in-tbe-rin^. Bobby Bingo, & 'j. (art ot tie field waa marked off by ropes 'acing. The following is tha resale of tho raoea ..ii. handicap 1st, .£1 (given by Vvinter, Sheffield, late of Merthyr), Geot I iociB 2nd, 10a, George Freetla 3rd, 5s J; Bamer. 100 yards let, 5a, Abraham Grifiit ¡If Ld, 2s 6d, Gaorge Adams. Quarter handicap let, 7a, G. Freetle; 2nd, oa, T La^, Race for ail comers Prize, clock i-r.-ea by Jenkins, High street, Merthyr), won by S:ioø. Gainey. Mr. H. O. Fisher and Mr. Hurman a amongst those present. Mr. Fisher bubscri very liberally towards the trip fund, and a energetic way in which he took the excursion, J hard, and provided the committee with everytllJ needful for a day's enjoyment, showed the feeling which existed between that gentbmaa those under bim. Tbe day was fine, and ever passed off satisfactorily, with great credit to ] committee, Messrs. Jtfi. Blackmore, R. JoJl ■> Daniel Kv&ns, Thomas Bryant, Thomaa Brig 1 henry Morris, John banner ley, E. B>berta» a Williams, and Price, locomotive J Merthyr. The excursionists returned to Ja^ 1 at 8,40 p.m. f
THE WALKING MATCH Art I CARDIFF.…
THE WALKING MATCH Art I CARDIFF. J < On Saturday, the six days' walking roay 1 between Cliff and Miles cama to a oonctusiofy ] the Canton Bunning Grounds, Cardiff. At o'clock Cliff was about 15 miles ahead of y ■ opponent, and, although he had suffered som.,311 on the day prier from his exertions, hew»3 1 able to go on at a vigorous pace, and thi) tance which had been so much reduced by was rapidly increased again, until at about JlI o'clock the latter decided to withdraw. The C ) test, therefore, results in a victory for Ciiif, j had covered a total of *818 miles, aa agams'j.ijl opponent's 288, It should ba stated that & f did not seriously endeavour on Saturday to J take Cliff-—the latter was in such good forai & tie intervening distance was so great. j
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f J A serious accident occurred on Wednesday J the Ludwig Gluck mine, which fortned a p-if" j* I the extensive collieriiS at Z-.brzo, in j through the irruption of water into lis pit. ■» miners have oeen brought up dead, and jjl peverely injured, and 11 more are buried 1:1 i ruins caused by the flood. J I Leon Mirsky, who wad arrested at Tagiuro.O the ISth ult., and ia now coaiinad in the 1 at St. Petersburg, has confessed to baing the "j petrator of the attempt to shcot General Dr011 on the 25ih of March last, I The Deputy-Master of Queen's Bench, J)3 ( with a jury of six, were engaged on Tuesday l¡1t' inquiry for the assessment of dlicnagea in- a hfeot, cf premise action. PiaintiS waa a FJ '1^' ( cf Lublin, and tha defendant Mr. Joha ( cf Belfast, who waa recently mavried, JaSg'^f 1 ad been allowed to go by default. Tha assessed the damages at iMOO "0, A correspondent of the London and y fj S Telegraph says that, with the sole except* 1870, for the paft 12 yeara China tea ponied into tbi« country between July and G1 at prices resulting In an average loss ot t £ 600,000 to £ 70,000; but, he adds, the season has never been equalled in this I e ince the porta have been opened, 1