The Cardiff Times

CARDIFF IMPROVEMENT BILL. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF RATE- PAYERS. RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE BILL. A large and thoroughly enthusiastic meeting of the rate- Payers ofjCardiff WitS h. Id at the Town-hall on Wednesday, to express their approval or disapproval of the course pur- sued by the Cardiff Corporation in giving notice of their lntention to apply at-the next session of Parliament for Powers to extend the present limits of the municipal borough, so as to include Canton and lloath, and also a. Part of Llandaff, for the purchase of land, for the improve- ment of the town, and for those various purposes which "ere included in the clauses of the new Cardiff Improve- ment Bill. The meeting was hekl in the Town-hail, was thoroughly representative in character, and unanimous In fys resolution. The several members .f the Corporation Present did not attend in their official capacity, but as rate-payers. The Mayor Mr D. Jones and the deputy Mayor., Mr Alderman David attended, and ithe Town ^lerk, the Borough Surveyor and other corporation officials for the purpose of affording any information to *«e ratepayers in the event of its being required. Mr ALDERMAN DAVID proposed that the Mayor should Preside. The proposition was adopted unanimously. The MAYOR then asked the Town Clerk to read the i^uisition calling on him to convene the present meet- ing. This requisition was very numerously and respectably lIlgned. The Town Clerk aho read the notice issued ;by the Mayor convening the meeting. The MAYOK couiujencsd proceedings by explaining that the meeting was hell in accordance with the provisions of Jhe Act of Parliament which prevented any corporate from expending the money of the ratepayers in the Promotion of a bill for the improvements or alterations of a town, except that at a certain stage of the proceedings meeting of the ratepayers should be held to give them an.Opportunity of expressing their concurrence in the ebJects sought for in this Bill. It had been thought un- lieairable by the members of the Corporation not to take steps towards holding the present meeting until the was entirely completed. If they had convened the feting of the ratepayers at an earlier date before the T^hole of the hetails of the bill were completed and had ob, talned their sanction by the promotion of the bill and then have added anything to it subsequently, it would have been taking an unfair advantage of the ratepayers' Consent. The committee of the Town Council consideeed Jjhat it would be right lo allow the whole Bill to remain pefore the public some time before the .'ratepayers' meet- jS Was held. All the Standing Orders required to be °t>aerved had been complied with, and everything that j^Uld be done under the Bill had been printed in it, had eel before the public, and had been discussed. As soon *3 he obtained lithograph copies of the proposed im- provements in the town, he had one copy placed in the i'ee Library, and another at the reading-oom of the oWn-hall, that all persons might see what was pro- Poaed to be done. (Hear, hear.) The expense incurred "Pto the present time in promoting this Bill had been in- J^red by the Corporation, but from this time the "ole of the expense would fall on the ratepayers, in the "Vent of the ratepayers giving their sanction the Corporation to proceed I:) with the Bill, .&.ne proceeding, therefore, in connection with .the Jtew- fmprovement Bill would rest with the present feting. The subject was one of very great im- P?rtance. The improvement of tLie town, the widening '.the streets, were questions of great interest. Now, j*en. almost every thoroughfare was choked with traffic, ?ea they lu.d only one good street, St. Mary'-street, aeu Angel-street, Castle-street, Church street, Duke- ^f?et, Wharton-street Jand Working-street, were no Wte ^ow t^an they were twenty years ago, and the in those streets had so mucli increased, that vehi- could not pass through them without being con- in nually stopped from the great pressure of traffic such narrow thoroughfares, and it was neces- that a strong effort should be made at to do away with the existing nuisances. °bjects sensht for in the proposed Bill by way of improvements would at the outset involve a consi- 8uH^e outlay of money but the advantage to the town OfJequently would far outweigh the cost, and in a very. ^0ft time the increased rateable value of the} locality ouid more than repay the outlay. The Mayor read two letters which were sent by the ^r^jal Government Board last 'July to the corporation rK"lng them to extend the boundary of Cardiff so as to tops 6 Vanton> ll K^ Major Tullock, one of the inspec- «o •'le Government, when he held an inquiry M^erning the nuisance at the Whitehouse Ditch, stated jT4' he was prepared to suggest to the Local Govern- jj Board one of two courses—either that a Q district should be formed, so as to include thanton, LaadaS, and part of Cardiff lying west of tha Q 6 river Taff, or that Cardiff should take the whole of t,^nton and iioath districts antler offe management, and last arraiuj' -j"c he should prefer; an.4 when they 'o the Local Government Board tha^ the Roath IJO I agreed to amalgamate with Cardiff, the a Government Board expressed their,approval of it, in* that the some arrangement would be entered ii^vith Canton. I he extension of Cardiff to include i 8 Canton and Roath Board of Health districts could *Ve been done without going to Parliament, but they tud not have extended the municipal powers to these *;laoes without an Act of Parliament. It was !ij,80 thought desirable to include the whole It the parish of Roath and part of the parish of Leckwith and also Grangetown, and for. this Act of Parliament was required, so that they were in accordance with the wishes of the highest sani- rjf? authority iu the country in putting the whole dis- under one management. He (the Mayor) also read fetter from Mr Alderman Watkins, regretting that a attack of bronchitis prevented his being present at meeting, but expressing his entire concurrence in the ^iects of tlis Bill, and hoping that the meeting °«ld be unanimous, and that by so doing it jjl^'d greatly assist the promoters of the Bill when jn 0re the committee of the House of Commons. to ere Were already, said the Mayor, certain expenses j^. ^hich the Corporation was pledged, and which In st,ictly speaking be deducted from the Bill. the first place, the Coperation had entered into an j**agement with the Canton Market Company for the gurchase of Canton Market for £ 11,000, also a portion of y* John's graveyard for £ 1,000, for the purchase of Old icarage garden for £ 3,COO. They had also purposed to the streets on the west side of the Taff by a syphon 11nder the Tag, the lowest estimate for the work being 9 000. Then the slaughter-houses must be taken down removed,and large ones built elsewhere. This would <1^ £ 5,000. Then t here was the enlargement of cemetery, fiifi oncorjformu t and Catholic portion being now quite and something must be done to give them more face. This would cost about £14,000. Then there was the "ldenin; of the bridges under the railways in Newtown, ;¡'nd by the Baths, which were necessary works, for the T^omodation of traffic, involving another JE1000, making a if H. Cost of more tlian which must be done even j, Cardiff Improvement Bill was not carried out. j °* several of these improvements it was necessary to go "arliament ior powers to complete them. This was case with the Canton Market Company, to enable to sell the market to the Corporation, and transfer toils which they now collected in the town the Corporation.* To enlarge the cemetery required a piece of land belonging to the 0fe Mr. Wyndham Lewis. This land was in Chancery, «Xc a°mew'hfcre else, and the trustees could not sell p0 by an Act of Parliament. Then they wanted Pur°hase the (Jrangetown sewers, and this they Act n°^ ^p» 513 was ouk '? their district, except by an theParliament. Then they wanted power to remove j'^irnpike gates within the borough— (loud applause)— It could not be done except by Act of Parliament. necessa^y to widen the arches under the railways, « itey wanted to take powers to compel the railway °ipanies to do it on certain terms rather than undertake *ni Wor^; with liability to accident and probable some. Then there was a roadway BUl from Canton to Penarth Road, for if the Was carried they must look on Canton J\. Part of Cardiff, and forget entirely Canton and Roath. ■yy toad from Canton to Penarth Road over the Great *hi?8^eru R:iUwAy would only be three quarters of a jjjj6 l°ng, while now the people of Cantan have to travel j> °Ugh Cardiff a distance of a mile and a half to get to oy Qarth lioad, and also to pass through Btreets already ■e* with traffic, and in order to get municipal poweis eQded over the whole of the district they must obtain i 9 sanction of Parliament, They ulso sought for powers L Purchas e the Gas and Water Works. Thesa would Wn ??Pena've matters, as no Parliamentary committee °Uld ali»w them to be purchased except at their full a value, and a bonus for compulsorv purchase, Very expensive matter. He was still of opinion that the t as a.nd Water Works should be the property of the oWn, especially the Water Works. Although the sum th to be E-ent looked a large one, he did not know uat there was a single item that could be said to be ^necessary. It was another question whether there "ere not some matters that need not be done at the present moment, and also that there were not some por- Mona of the Bill that might not be withdrawn when xLt u the Committee of the House of Commons, and whether the promoters should not have power to with- some portion of it if they thonght fit. The ™^atttentary fommttee might also throw out some itn pnfcL °t ^fBM* so that it might not be carried in casLd upposing a11 the details of the bill were UnlimitM r'n1?6 I? car/y °Jlfc these impravements was waSwSk wl V-m-. f?r the, P^chase of the gas and was lilted to three years, and for other i» which tl, projected otpp m&nv Years Th eame<^ (,ut might be extended why these pur- v.]„. and everv £ 10 -property was increasing in Worth £ 20 in ten year^ tim°e. ^Bv* ptu'chaRVn^r°the fpp- I simple of land as the Poration would become freeholders and tw ?»teri«lly lighten the tM.tio™™-tf„dr^»^ future yew*. there were some few points^ which 'twas necessary to go to Parliament. It added verv tttle to the expenses promoting the Bill to includea number of others. And this was the feeling 0f the Cor Poration in making the Bill as comprehensive a9 possible. A he Mayor concluded by moving the fOlloWing resolu- Mpn :—" That this meeting is of opinion that it "is expe- dient to promote the Bill authorised by the Town Council °f the borough of Cardiff, to be introduce^ into the £ fcauing Session of Parliament for the extension 0f the boundaries of the said borough and the urban and sam- taryauthorities, and for other objects specific and set torth in the resolution; of the CouncU of the 8ald borough passsd at a meeting, held on the 12th of November last, and at an adjourn lUont thereef held on the 17th of the saj&e month, «Qd this meeting doth accordingly express its concurrence r the promotion of the said Bill, and the Chairman is 4.h6reby authoriBep to sign this resolution on behalf of e meeting." I Alderman DAVID seconded the proposition, and in re- rring to the large expenditure for gas and Water-works, purchased, they would be equivalents for their money. v ? ala<> r«ferred to the great increase in the rateable *«iue of property in Bristol, wherestreet improvements aZ~ 38 «y proposed had been carried out. If j^r advantage, also, was the estabUshment ,lca^e market, the want of which now dearnr-1 inha.bitants of the town to pay Id per pound cestnr OK l?1.ea\ n '"habitants of Newport, Glou- tiea ot^er places, where these iacili- leeto of tiT ^He e8t.1™at«d that the whole of the inhabi- Wu £ 1,000 more weekly for thvir meat u if butchers had not to travel than they w^ld othej-m e it Ion"- distance for their catxie.. d the reason way Mr JoHN.Wl-fSTOKE, lun-. threw cold water on the the corporation tenyeaiSo works, while now the proposition to P"rchase^6°y seemed desirous of sel- shareholders m the recent Act that the Cor- lin<r the works, knowing oy erec(. uew gaS works, poration had no Act 0f Parliament existed where gasworks under an the shareholders would and the consequence now w s WOrlcs that they get such a large sum ot ™. v,ut he believed that the might even (lesire to f-eU nofc be wjsa for t]ie price would be so hJgh tnac iu ratepayers to purchss^ them. Directors wera not Mr i)AViD explained that trary they intended to anxious to sell, but, ™ Biu. He stated thxs as lodge a Peftors of the Gas Company. Chairman qf the Dne^o the G;ia jjlrectors m the The MATOB also • tI,ese 1)roceedin-s relative Council had take?,}"girPWOrt s by the Corporation. to the purchase of their^ v AC HELL, Mr THOMPS OK, After some rpmaiK str0ngely m fa\ our ot sup- Mr KEBNICK, who spo N £ R w_ TvE3EI?EB the porting the new B'lU.^ unanimously> and amid loud resolution was car applause.d' A cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman for presidmg closed the proceedings.

SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. • f the Council was held on Wednesday A meeting °f the. p^ h j There were also pre- the Mayor (Mr Yee > Ue chair.^ i>owell> rord; and sent—Aldermen I hidi^, 1 = E j._ Daniel, I'.lford, Brown; ^EvaS J.' Kogers,' Smith, Moxham, and Livingstone. H COMMITTEE. <• j_i tea nf the Watch Committee The adoption of the mmutes of the was moved ^frfseoonding the motion, said the Alderman PttlLLiPo, in justified in giving the committee thought y' tenders were so close—to tender for clothing—wfaer M Sergeant Allison a Swansea tradesman^ • q ■ the ground that he had had been appointed yearl been acting as purposes COMMITTEE. PUBLIC WORKS and ittee were next read. The minutes of thi» co their adoption, referred Mr. J. LivitNGSTO^ m movij^ Kailway Com. to the completion made with them some time ago. pany of an arrangement ure up0n the company, They, however, had t P v they had taken i £ ich had'h'fr ^m,di»tirtr»»f«n«l. an,l the for ±'503 would be l surveyor would have to usual contracts signed. London and North report as to some land wmw under com. Western Railway Compan^0^ take the ne- pulsory powers and tn ,yeg_ (Hear, hear.) cessary steps to protect QNE to be good enough Mr. SMITH asked Mr ^GQr the ToWn Clerk, and to obtain Irom the y month, a report as bring up th%°Cn ig from Pier Head to the to the roadway desirable that they should Mumbles Boad It^ delay in Pre formation and^mpTetionof that road when it was authorised by Parliament to be done. particular lands MR- J- R°fBVondon and North Western Kailway required by the L included the lever Company, and w £ et t make Hospital? Z1 tl,(> reeeijtion o* cases of contagious arrangements fo important institution should not diseases so that a ery gure that n0 amount of be closed to the puDJio. x-1. ouestion. Before money they should have ample time carrying out y as were treated there for removing g8 the Great Western Railway Aiderman roRD eai -nter&st for tWo years, and Company had deiayea p_ > intended pacing he thought he had a gt s wa/Worth 50 per cent compound interest The prop rty w be to the SSSre V-Jue th? tod, th.«, • lhey ^jr'oTSe™t to g» forth th.t the Of the delay was that certamsiiDo He th ht it wa3 very out as to the erectl"1)ll f that Corporation to say that wrongfor any member ef that vorp did not kn«w they could get d"u^, valuable to anyone else as whether the land ^J^because it was contigu- to the Great Western Co^a"7» ht tiie bargain was a ous to the other drops. Corporation, and would vary good ofthe port. '1I°LSGSTO™ reniarked th»t party to ^Khe v.ta, stone) respectfully diffe completely shut in by the but no man in his senses would and was va.uab ei e q^he matter referred to by promLd »hoald bo brought before the .eoSid by Mr Mm then carried. BANITABY COMMITTEE. stte!; was dated lith January, the aggregate the corresponding quarters during.the previous five year", and M. e.u. the high deflth rate among children from scarlatina. and WidiCL2 f?oil0 feie°im IffSf m^iicafXerTSusted that Which had cost Swansea, during tlie a n^n^inht lives. Twelve deaths were dn,.to fever 18 in the previous quarter. The cond 'feye gtiU that gave rise t« the high death rate i nncirained existed in the continued overcrowding, and the undram conditlOn of densely crowded districts within the limits of the borough. Diseases of the organs of bieathi g also very fatal during the past quarter and with 83 deaths principally among the young and the ao?a- persons above 8ixV years of age, 7*2 died, as previous average of 57 aad of those 7^* 31 seventy 7 above eighty, 2 above ninety, and one a pauper in the workhouse, was above a hundred years old The whole question of the scavenging of the district and thesubsequentdisposalofthe refuse and the contents of the ash-pots, needed the careful consideration of the sanitarv authority, with a view to the removal of what he could not but consider a blot on the sanitary admin- istration of the borough. Sixteen cases of fever, 1 ofscarhv- tina and 1 of measles were admitted with the Tever Hospital, and one death from fever occurred during the quarter. The death rate for the year on the estimated population would be 29*2 per 1,000. The mean h^gh rate of mortality for the preceding hve years, from loW to 1873, was 23-7 per 1,000; and the rate in 1874 exceeded the previous average by 5*4 per 1,000. Alderman HOGEKS, in a brief speech, moved the adop- tion of the minutes and report. Mr JOHN L EVANS seconded the motion. Mr JAMES ROGEHS remarked that the death rate was very disheartening, but at the same time the death rate generally had been high for the Wt quarter in l^gknd, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. At Glasgow the mortality had been as high as 6o per 1,080, which was the most enormous death rate that had occurred within the memory of man—m fact he had not known that in the cholera epidemic thej *PProached to anything like that. As regardedtleircour^ana alleys, matters had now come to such a pas- ^e was «o much overcrowding m their small spaces, and so little ventilation, and it had become a nuisance of such a cha- racter-that it behoved the corporation to buy up the ,t £ d interest. i» those courts. It worfd »3 a of pounds, shillings, and pence, pay them to get rid ot them, to say nothing of the necessity of attending to th. health and lives of the people. i r Mr E R DANIEL complained of the deposit or re fuse at Cae Bricks, and of the pollution thereby of the ^^Ir ^LIVINGSTON suggested that the board itself should undertake the scavenging, instead of letting it out to con- trTherMAYOK remarked that, as the sanction had been given for their system of drainage, the surveyor was busy in Rettin- out the plans, which it was hoped would be /ead/in about a month. Advertisements would then be inserted in the papers for carrying out the_ work. The feeling of the board was, undoubtediy, that lbe work should be proceeded with, with the least po He argued that they must do something nior had hitherto done to obviate the ^tremendous y were suffering from. Mr J. I. EVANS remarked, in reference to the com- plaint of Mr Daniel, that the committee who had to do with the matter in question on hearing the complaint at once took action, and gave the parties no-ice t the nuisance. Mr. MOXHAM suggested that a committee should re- port to the board as to the purchase of the vested inte- rests in the courts referred to. It would be a nae ogportunity for the Corporation to build houses there. The MAYOR replied that the matter was under the con- sideration of some of the members, and that the least said about it at present the better. The minutes were then received and adopted. RE-APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. f MrTE. DAVIES was re-appointed officer of health for the sanitary district of Swansea, and also of .the shipping in the port; and Messrs J. Thomas and R. McAdams as inspectors of nuisances. STREETS COMMITTEE. The minutes of this committee were read. Mr Alderman FORD moved, and Mr SMITH seconded their adoption. Mr.. MOXHAM called attention to the fact that the mud was swept to the sides of the street in Walter's-road, and allowed to remain, to the great annoyance of pedestrians and others. Mr. SMITH wished the attention of the foreman to be called to the conduct of the scavengers. They occupied a great portion of the street when performing their duties, and when spoken to were very insolent. They also rode on their shafts, which, he believed, was contrary to law. It would be well for the committee to look after these mea, to see that they did not obstruct the streets, and were not impertinent to passers by. Mr. Alderman FORD said he should be glad to call the attention of the foreman to the obstruction caused by the men. The minutes were then adopted. WATER AND SEWERS AND NEW WATEB WOBKS COMMITTEE. The minutes of this body were next read, and Mr. Alderman FORD moved, and Mr. JAMES ROGERS seconded the motion, that they be adopted. In reply to Mr. LIVINGSTON, Alderman FORD said the leak in the water works reservoir had not increased. If they got their new reservoir partly in use the Surveyor would be able to repair the leak at a considerably less expense than out- siders generally estimated. They were at present able to retain as muoh water in that reservoir as they did last summer. The leak had not assumed any different form from that which it had worn for the last 18 months. The motion was carried. FREE LIBRARY. The report on the Free Library was next read. The MAYOB, expressing a hope that the choice they had made of the commit, &c., would approve itself to the Council and the public generally. Carried. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The report of this committee having been read, Alrlprman BROWN, in moving its adoption, said tiiat the Imbalance which stared them in the face was very likely to be wiped out speedily. There was a sum o £ 2 327 balance against them. It arose from the unusual tern of expenditure, anci from the non~rece.pt of moneys they were justified in expecting to re- ceiviT ere now. He thought, .he was justified in vivin" there was every probability of its being put ri*ht dSrin- the current month. In a lengthy and elaborate speech—which would be perfectly untelligible to onWdeSTinasmuch as it bore upon a rep.* tot the Town Cleric'which was not read-he adverted to the course S by the Finance Committee in reference to certain loans, and moved the adoption of the report. Mr JLKo?ERSCwished to ha°ve°the Town Clerk's report read Mi LTVINGSTOX, Mr J. L EVANS, and others also W It exnwShat there were matters of a personal public, but that if any member wished to *ee the report he could do so. There was an objection to .ts beinD PlS^ise to some very pungent remarks, and also to observations which were not complimentary to the Finance Committee. Ultimately a rate of Is. m the pound.was agreed1 to AlrWman PTTTLLIPS moved that the letter ot Mr. treasurer, which had reference to a lo::n ,of £150,OUO, be referred back to the Imance Com- m After further lengthened discussion. Council Mr SMITH moved, as an amendment, that this Lounc authorise the borrowing of: £ 100,000 on ^the secanty ot the rates at per cent., with an additional 1 per cent. commission for the first year, for a period of 10, 20, or 80 years, at the option of the Council. Mr E. K DANIEL seconded the amendment. On being put to the meeting, three voted for it and niThegoarSnS' motion for referring the the Finance Committee was then submitted iag, and carried by a majority of 10 to 1. "Board The Council then resolved l-sell into a Burial Board, and shortly afterwards separated.

CARDIFF RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. The monthly meeting of this authority was held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Wednesday, Mr C.W. David, in the chair. There were also present, Mr (J. Jrm p., Mr J. S. Corbett, Rev. H. P. Lee, Mr C. 1 rench, Mr T. Bassett, and Mr T. Tinker. In reading over the minutes of the last meeting, it appeared that the clerk had written to the overseers of Llancarvan respecting four houses called tne p houses," which were unfit for habitation. The Sanitary Inspector had also seen the overseers, but as no notice had been taken it was now resolved to summon the overseers at once. t The details of the estimate for the compktion of the water supply at Dinas Powis showed that, in consequence of the reservoir and other works being maae > estimated cost would be £ 450, and not £ 400, as stated at thItlawasmmentfoned incidentally by the C^k that the rateable value of property over which the board exercised authority was £ 153,000, and that Id in the pound^Pj* year covered the general expenses of the tanicary authority, particular improvements being chargeable omy o th particular locality in which those alterations took place. P The siveyorMr. Thomas, in his the house of Evan Bawdon, a milkman, hvin0 at No. J, (ilebe street Penarth, where two children had died recently from dyptheria and one from scarlet fever. One child was still suffering from dyptheria m the same house. The house was situated opposite the lioff flip sewer which was found in Sep- Ste"to tin'f,S a Suisse. B.wde,. had noticed any gas from the sewers since they had jeen cleSed? "t before then th. »fc»cb[ »»» » ( that he was at times unable to open the street doo The ChaiRMAN asked Mr Granger if be supposed that the presence of this disease in the hotise in question was due to its being situated opposite the ventilating shafts °fMreS^r: It would certainly point. to this, as we have already the fact that when the sewers were ex- amined the greatest accumulation was found at this place. The ln pector: These are the only cases of dipthena that have occurred in Penarth since the inquiry made by Ml?eSed house, called Belle Yue Cottage, Penarth sixtv vwds distant from Salop-street, was also complained of wythflnspector, scarlet fever having prevailed in the houl The premises had °P^ej7^e'c;^p001°3 connection with the main sewer Th«j were ccsspoo s dlSeTirrs^dythedy haTno' power to make the con- nection with the sewer except by permission of Mr. Ber- nard.. D<The CHAIRMAN said that this showed the necessity of a board of health for Penarth. The sewers were private ones, and they could only drain into them by permission. A letter was read from Mr Bernard, stating that he had instructed Mr Billups, the contractor, to send men to ex- amine into the condition of the sewers at this place, and be had entered into a contract for conveying the surface water from the Moor above Upper Grange in that locality. The undertaking had been delayed owing to the urgency of the work at Penarth. The Clerk: Is there any reason to suppose that there is any accumulation of sewage ia the Glebe-street sewers ? Mr THOMAS I thiak so. Mr TINKER From the remarks I have heard in Penarth, it is believed that they are very foul. The Clerk: Are there any arrangements yet for flushing'? The Inspector: I have inquired, and I believe there have not been any. The CHAIRMAN suggested urging on Mr. Bernard the necessity for carrying out what was promised. The Inspector had visited St. Lythans, and reported a great deficiency in the water supply there, the nearest point for water being a mile distant. An ample supply could be obtained by making a cistern outside the churchyard on the roadside, and fitting it with a small pump, the cost of which would be £25 or £30 to which Mr. A. B. Pryce, the vicar, and others, would contribute probably one half of the outlay. Mr Thomas was requested to prepare plans and specifications for the next meetlllg. Llanbetherry, a small hamlet in the parish of Lancarvan, was reported by the Inspector to be in a very dirty condition. The cottages were miser- able, and generally dilapidated, often without casements to the windows. The water supply was bad also. Ko order was made until the inspector reported again. a former meeting of the Board, Mr R. W. Williams, solicitor, was directed to take proceedings against the Crown Preserved Coal Company at Maindy, for the abate- ment of the nuisance arising from the manufacture of patent fuel. As it was now stated by the inspector (Mr Williams) that the nuisance was considerably abated,_ no further action was to be taken at present. Complaints were made of the nuisance arising from one of the Heath works but as they were within the borough of Cardiff the sanitary authority had no control over them. AT Williams, the inspector, reported two disgraceful •aA' 0f overcrowding at Whitchurch- one where a DSeS his wife, and seven children slept in one small bed- ma!i' and another where the man and wife, and five r?Mn?' slept in the same room. Proceedings were or- °i to be taken at once.. rm daughter house and premises occupied by Mr. w l W butcher, of Cardiff, were reported to be in a \V aaiey. Notices are to be served at once. Notices very ba<a tQ be serve(j ou seVeral other owner and were also occupiers. the premises occupied by Mr. Ward, butcher of Cardiff, were complained "of, and notices are to ]?e ^l'filetached house here was quite nnfit for habita- a A4. i )erj Dean there was a straw thatched cottage f H bv props. The rain came in through the roof SU5Pf°WA was nothing but an earth floor for the occup- andth T' cierk is to write to the agents. ants. Xilandaff a group of large housesi adjom- • A-'deanery and belonging to the Dean and Chapter 1D/t S had very defective drainage. 1 he houses J 'i-he Dean's garden, and thence by means of a drained into th the gmel| was at times very pipe to Clerk was directed to the call attention of offensive. The j^an,^ag to this report. th| ^nTciaf work had been done at a few. of the Some special the clerk now applied for parishes in the d K them Wenvoe £ 30, Cogan The orders were made, and the meeting seperated.

=- "!v/r^'R'^i, P4RBARISM AT GILFACH GOCH. At the Pontypridd petty sessions, John Barrett, whose At the roup j f many a sanguinary bout, was ff J°i w Kobert Holmes, both of Gilfach Goch with charged by Kober tiie ioth instant. Both men SSK.™hfearmS in P~te:. '"a, ?he°dayofttS'ilsSSit,0™ informant rah to prose- cutor and told him that prisoner was beating wife. Hewentontand^ t^^vjeonej They and after a feV: rounds prisoner admitted that he had had enough, whereon both i- combatants retired to their re-. A short time afterwards the prosecutor S prisoner wh^ was Aen stripped except his trowsers. He^ at once stnick prosecutor under the eye, inflicting a He at once st™ P blood flowed copiously. Several Sr, fct°ed ^n »nd taken, when Pboth\ll.on the cised wounds on his face ani arms. Dr. Jones dressed the wounds. and the prosecutor had been in bed ever mDr.' Jones said he found an incised wound about three inches long, and about a quarter of an inch deep on the riJht arm. There was another below the elbow, a wound on the forehead, a piece of the skin having been torn off two on the upper lip, two superficial wounds a J* left eve The wound on the arm must v? v« blen inflicted by some sharp instrument. The other wounds were caused by falls, and blows with a stone. He could not say that prosecutor was yet out 0t JdameseHolme8, wife of Frederick Holmes, saw the men fighting, and saw prosecutor fall against a broken win- dow which caused the wound in the arm. The prosecutor's wife corroborated the evidence as to the onslaught on her husband. It appeared from mde, pendent evidence that she was under the influence of drink at the time she quarelled with prisoner. Police-constable James apprehended the prisoner, and eharged him with unlawfully cutting and wounding the prosecutor. Hefciaid Kitty (his wife) was always at him, and there was as much fault on one I, side as the other. He said the long cut on the arm was done by a window. On being called to plead, prisoner said that prosecutor had chewed his forefinger, and he had received several severe blows from prisoner's wife. Dr. Jones, on being re-called, stated it as his opinion that the wound on prosecutor's arm was not caused by the broken pane. Prisoner was committed for trial.

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r Jetes to the (Editor* ♦——_ I SCHOOL BOARD FOR CARDIFF. THE TWENTY-FIFTH CLAUSE AND THE CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD. "The 25th clause is the poor naan'ti charter: it assumss and admits that lie has a conscience, and it respects it."—Lord Shaftesbury. SIR,—It is, I think, of the utmost importance to the burgesses of Cardiff, who will be called upc n ;o day,Friday, to record their votes for the candidates, whose names are now before them, that there should be no misunder- standing with regard to the 25th Clause of the Education Act, about which so much has been written and said, but which I think is not fully understood. The Nonconformist candidates allege that the clause give to parents a new and unheard of power to have religion taught their children at the expense of others and that, if the five Church candidates were returned the school board will be able to compel unwilling ratepayers to pay for teaching religion in sectarian and Roman Catholic schools; and in your issue of this day you are pleased to appeal to me to tell the people of Cardiff whether this is not the true meaning of the 25th Clause. I unhesitatingly answer, it is not. The 25th Clause is as follows — The school board may if [ they think fit, from time to time, for a renewable period not exceeding six months, pay the whole or any part of the school fees payable at any public elementary school by any child resident in their district, whose parent is, in their opinion, unable from poverty to pay the same but no such payment shall be made, or refused, on con- dition of the child attending any public elementary school, other than such asjnay be selected by the parent, and such payment shall not be deemed to be parochial relief given to such parent." It will thus be seen that the 25th Clause simply enables a school board, if they think fit, for a period not exceeding six months, to pay the whole or part of the school fees at any public elementary school chargeable for a child whose parents are unable through poverty to pay the same. • Now the essential condition upon which any school is entitled to be designated a public elementary school is, that it shall be so conducted that the children of parents, of any denomination ^atever, or of no denomination at all, can reap the full benefits of the instruction to which State aid is given, without in any way inter- fering with the parents'religious convictions. Such religious instruction as is given must be given at tha beginning or end of the day, and not as part of the schooling for which school fees are paid. It is purely optional on the part of the parents whether their children attend at that time or not; but the observance of the condition is the sine qua non for obtaining the Government grant. It is, tnerefore, utterly incorrect to. say that any part of the public money is or can be used for the purpose of im- parting religious instruction. On the contrary, one of the main objects of the Education Act, as stated by Mr. Gladstone, was to separate the action of the State in the matter of education and the application of State funds"-in whieh are included funds raised by rate-from all subjects, in which, unhappily, religious differences prevail. All that the school board could possibly do would be, to pay for parents just re- moved above the line of paupers what the Guardians pay every week, and every quarter, out of the poor rates for those parents who are below the line; and what the Church candidates desire is simply that the school board shall have power to do what the Guardians are doing daily—neither more nor less—without a word of com- plaint from anybody. The fact is, that this is no question of party politics or of religious scruples, but of the de- fence of one of the plainest, simplest, end most sacred rights of conscience-the right of the poor man to educate his child in his own principles, be they Christian or secular, so long as he obtains for him, at the same time, sufficient elementary instrudion.-I am, Sir, &c., D. HOWELL. St. John's Vicarage, Jan. 11th, 1875. THE REV. DAVID HOWELL AND THE TWENTY-FIFTH CLAUSE. SIR,—Allow me to make some remarks upon the letter of the Rev. D. Howell's on the 25th Clause which ap- pears in your issue of to-day. The quotation from Lord Shaftesbury will not have much weight—because, while all admire him for his great philanthrophy, few regard him as an authority on the Education question. Mr Howell unhesitatingly denies that the putting in force of the 25th Clause will give power to the school board to compel unwilling ratepayers to pay for religious teaching in sectarian and Roman Catholic schools. With all respect to Mr Howell, I am prepared to assert with the same confidence that it will give the Board this power. Will Mr Howell please tell us whether the National Schools and the Roman Catholic Schools of this town are not sectarian schools ? Whether, if the 25th Clause is put into operation, the board would not compel the ratepayers to pay the fees of children in these schools ? Whether the children whose fees are paid by the board would not receive religious teaching in these schools, and if so, do not the ratepayers pay for that religious teaching ? Mr. Howell tninks he meets the difficulty by saying that the religious teaching in these schools is not paid for by State funds-that the State funds pay for the secu- lar teaching only, and that the religious teaching is paid for by private contributions. I am aware that this was a favourite argument with Mr. Gladstene and Mr. Foster when the Elementary Education Bill was introduced, but the argument is a most fallacious one. State money has contributed largely to the building of these schools State money pays the teachers in these schools; State money pays for the books used in these schools, religious books included. These schools would not exist a twelve- month if State money were withdrawn from them The State-that is, the citizens that compose the State—is, therefore, morally responsible for all that ia taught in these schools, and State money, pays for the religious teaching given in them, and to say that the State pays for the secular teaching only, and that private contributions pay for the religious teaching, is a gross error. Those who give these private contributions are not conscious of any such distinction., and for Mr. Howell on behalf of the State to make such a distinction is only a convenient illusion. The plea is as valid as that of the professedly religious man who was charged with contributing regu- larly to the support of a theatre, and who vindicated himself by saying that there were some religious hymns sung in the course of the plays, and his money went to pay for them or as reasonable as the claim of a man, who having insured his house for only half its value, upon its being half burnt down demanded the full amount for which he had insured it, declaring that the half burnt down was the very half which he had insured. We insist, therefore, that if the 25th clause is put into force, the ratepayers would be compelled to pay for the teaching of religion in sec- tarian and Roman Catholic schools, and we assert that this would be a violation of our con- sciences as Nonconformists. Does Mr. Howell know that Dr. Vaughan when superior of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Mission College, London, wrote:—" We (i.e. the Roman Catholics) will willingly (under :the con, science clause) a dmit into our schools the children of any Protestant or Dissenter, and extend to them our best interest and care; but if others partake of our cup they must drink of the essence they find mingled with it. It is easy to understand what he meant. In Roman Catholic schools itome of the books used at other times than in the hour given to religious teaching are strongly sectarian. Does Mr. Howell know that in some of the schools under the Irish National system of educa- tion, although professedly unsectarian, there are pictures of the Virgin Mary and of saints hung up. and covered with a curtain which is withdrawn at stated intervals, and acts of worship and adoration are called for from the hildren. Is it, let me ask, no violation of the conscienccs of Protestant ratepayers to be compelled to pay for teaching in such schools as these ? And, on the other hand, it is equall a violation of the conscience of a Roman Catholic rate- payer to compel him to pay for the Protestant religious teaching given in Church schools. I now beg respect- fully to ask Mr Howell why conscientious ratepayers should be subjected to such an injustice ? Is it possible that Mr Howell can be led away by the hollow pretence that it is a violation of the rights of conscience to compel a parent to send his child to a Board school ? Inasmuch as the Board can impose no religious teaching against the will of the parent, I deny that there can be a conscien- tious objection to the sending a child to a Board school to obtain useful secular knowledge. It is easy to exalt mere sentiment into a case of conscience. I can understand a Roman Catholic parent, under the influence of his clergyman, objecting to his child sitting on the same form or playing in the same play-ground with Protestant boys; but I ask Mr Howell whether this is a feeling that he would foster, or whether it has any right to be treated as a matter of conscience? But the merely abstaining to teach religious dogmas cannot be a violation of the rights of conscience, unless the State so monopolizes the child's time as to deprive him of the opportunity of obtaining religious teaching elsewhere. To shut up a Roman Cathclic child in a workhouse or prison, and impose upon him the teaching of a Protestant clergyman, or not to allow him the teaching of his own Church, would be a gross violation of the rights of conscience; but to tell a parent- You must let your child come five hours a day to learn to read, write, and cipher, can never by any ingenuity be made into a violation of the rights of conscience, On the other hand, it is grossly unreasonable and unjust for any person, be he eitner Roman Catholic, or Episco- lian, or Baptist, to say,—I demand that you shall not only educate my child for nothing in useful branches of secular knowledge, but that you shall also give him for nothing teaching in the particular religious doctrines which I myself hold, and that at the expense ,o £ those i who disbelieve these doctrines, and regard .them as most injurious. Such a position will be admitted by all fair thinking men as most untenable. 1 Mr. Howell will probably ask-Suppose a parent ] is so unreasonable, would you send him to prison rather than pay the fees ? I reply, I certainly would not send 1 him to prison. If no other way could be found of meet- 1 ing that case I would reason with him, and wait until he was in a different state of mind. But there ought to be no necessity for any such question. It is only the indi- gent parents belonging to two of the denomina- tions thatjwould avail themselves of the 25th Clause, the Episcopalian and the Roman Catholic. In the Episcopalian community there are gentlemen wealthy enough and generous enough to provide by voluntary effort the fees of the children of such indigent parents as belong to that body, and belonging to the Roman Catholic community there is a nobleman reputed to be one of the most wealthy in the land, whose known liberality to the Church to which he belongs warrants the belief that if he were appealed to he would at once provide the funds required to meet the fees of the children, of the indigent parents belonging to that body. I shall be pardoned, therefore, if I say that it does seem to me a perfectly gratuitous injustice that will be inflicted upon the Nonconformists if the 25th Clause is put into force, as Mr Howell and some of his friends declare shall be the case if they obtain the majority at the Board; and I confess that until I saw Mr. Howell'e letter I had flattered myself that he, at least, would never be a party to such an infliction. Mr Howell was for many years a Nonconformist, he knows what Welch Nonconformibts are, and I am at a loss to understand how he can complacently look forward to the re-enact ment of the old Church-rate scenes. ^The reference which Mr Howell makes to what is done by Boards of Guardians is not very happy, because one wrong can sever fairly be used to justify a second. There I is, moreover, this difference--the Imperial Government I compels Boards of Guardians to pay these fees, whereas it is left optional with School Boards whether they shall pay them or not.-I am, &c., Tredegarville, Jan. 1'J, 1875. A. TILLY. [The following letter has been handed to us for publi- cation. ] THE CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. MTT-R. O- '^° Editor of the WESTERN MAIL. THE 2OTH CLAUSE OF THE EDUCATION ACT. ^-s a great many crafty opinions are current with respect to this clause of the Education Act, I beg to offer a few remarks upon it. It is said that were it not iOi' the clause it would, be impossible to pay the school ftes of poor children whose parents wished to remove tiiem to a Church School or a Catholic school, and the inference of course is, that if it were impossible to pay the fees of such children-if the fees of a child were not paid because he is a Churchman's child or a Catholic's child, a great injustice would be done. But there is also an injustice perpetrated when the fees are paid-an! injustice to the ratepayers. I should like to ask every peer man in Cardiff why he sends his children to a day school, and why to a Sunday school. Now, from personal knowledge of this subject, I assert that we, as a rule, poor men, middle class uien, and rich men, send our children to the day school to be instructed in the 3 R's, reading, writing, and arithmetic and to Sunday school to be taught the fourth R, i.e. reli- gion. But it is quite evident that some people wish to have the four R's taught in the dayschool, or rather the three R's and an i shall be taught there,i.e. reading writing, arithmetic and ism. Some one may object, and say that he desires his children to be taught religion but you see, sir, what would be religion to a Churchman wouldn't be religion to a Roman Catholic, and vicc versa. I am satis- fied that no ri^rht-minded ratepayer will object to pay for teaching the three R's to any poor man's child who is really too poor to pay but I can conceive their being un- willing to pay for the teaching of his ism. And why ? Simply for this reason — not to be tedious—we are all, or pretty nearly all, agreed about the three R's, but not about the isms. The reply to that is, Then you wouldn't have the children taught religion." I say, by all means. And I'll tell you how it may be done so as to save all strife and religious disputations. You teach your ism and I'll teach mine." One man may be anxious to send his children to Mr. Howell's school; can't he send them to Mr. Howell's Sunday-school to be taught re* ligion ? And wouldn't Mr. Howell be willing to give them catechism to learn during the week ? Does a working man like seven days' labour at the same thing ? Yea, doesn't he like to cease from the secular on Sunday? If you give the dear children religion with the others on week days, where will be the change on Sundays ? And I hold that change is as necessary as relaxation. I know enough of this from my boyhood's experience. Trusting, Sir, you will do me the favour of inserting this in your widely read paper, I am, Sir, yours faithfully, THOMAS BERWICK. Cardiff, Jan. Sth, 1S75. [The following letter has been handed to us for publi- cation.] THE CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. To the Editor of the WESTERN MAIL. SIR,-In your paper of to-day you have inserted two articles upon the above question, one reflecting upon my conduct in connection with certain proposals for avoid- ing a contest, and one giving an erroneous account of the negotiations which, unhappily, have been fruitless. My reply to both will be a plain statement of the proposal for a compromise, which was actually made by me with the assent of my colleagues. It was this :-That, inasmuch as the Nonconformists outnumber the Churchmen and Catholics together, they should have a majority at the board but to meet the views of the latter upon the 25th Clause, which would be imperilled by the return of a majority for the former, an arrange- ment should be made for the formation of a committee outside of the board, to consist of two Nonconformists,two Churchmen, and two Catholics, whose functions should be to provide funds to enable poor parents to send their children to Denominational schools if they so wished, and I pledged myself in the case of a failure on the part of the committee to provide the necessary funds, instantly to retire from the board, and thus enable the burgesses to determine whether the 25th Clause should be put into operation or not the first moment the necessity for it pre- sented itself. To carry out this arrangement it was proposed that each party should withdraw one candidate, leaving the Board to consist of five Nonconformists, five Churchmen, and one Catholic and in order to put the two parties as nearly as possible upon an equality, an offer was made to give the chairmanship of the board to the Church party. I now leave it to your readers to determine whether the proposition which I was authorised to make, and which has been rejected by our opponents, is fairly open to your animadversion, and whether it was not onewhich might not have been honourably made, and as honourably accepted, in the' interests of economy, religion, and peace.—Your obedient servant, JOHN BATCHELOR. THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The following letter has been sent to us for publica- tion To the Editor of the WESTEBN MAIL. SIB,—I am sure you will permit me to offer a few words of explanation, in reply to the letter of your corres- pondent, A Wesleyan." Your correspondent is in error in supposing that I have over been an advocate of secular teaching in schools -on the contrary I have on this point always sided with what may be called the called the Conservative wing of the Liberal party, of the Wesleyan body is an important part. I have not been anxious that Church of England teach- ing should be enforced, but I have always felt an insuper- able repugnance to the turning of the Bible out of ele- mentary schools. In Cardiff the Nonconformists have set an example of moderation, which, in my opinion, both Catholics and Churchmen may emulate. I honour them for thus holding out a flag of truce to Churchmen, and, persoially, I am grateful to them for having freely selected me as one of their candidates, although I have never concealed my essentially Church principles on this subject. But what is the line the Church candidates have taken in this Cardiff contest ? They propose in effect to sanc- tion a Catholic Church rates-and a Ritualistic Church rate. They have by reducing the number of their candidates to five virtually offered the casting vote to the Catholic representatives. Do the Churchmen of Cardiff wish that gentleman to be the master of the situation ? I, for one, say no—and I very much question whether the Churchmen of Cardiff do not side with my platform rather than that of the gentlemen who in this contest are supposed to represent their views. I have ever been earnestly desirous of placing Catholics upon a footing of perfect equality with Protestants, and by adopting the platform of the Nonconformists they would in Cardiff be so placed in matters educational. But they go further, and ask us Protestants to pay for the religious teaching of their children. To that I object. Holding chese opinions, I accepted the invitation to become one of the candidates of the Noneomformist party and by so doing I venture to submit I do entirely repre- sent the views of your correspondent, A Wesleyan," and claim his support accordingly on principle. I am not very anxious personally to appear ion the Board but I should be grieved that the principle for which we contend should be lost in my person. If any one of the Church candidates will accept our platform-which he may do without any great incon- sistency—and one of the Catholic candidates withdraw- I will in that event gladly retire, even now, and so save the town this unpleasant and expensive contest. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, PETER PRICE. A QUESTION FOR THE CHURCH CANDIDATES. SIR,- Will you have the kindness to allow me to ask through your columns the Church candidates the follow- ing question or two ? Gentlemen, if you are elected, can you prevent the Vicar of St. Mary's, his curates, or any other minister from visiting the schools and teaching the children for whom the ratepayers pay school-pence and fines like the following:— It is to the priest and to the priest only that a child must acknowledge his sins."—(Page 3, Confession.) When you are sick go to the priest, who is the doctor of your soul."—(Page 4, Absolution.) Absolution is forgiveness; the forgiveness that the priest gives is like a second baptism. When you have received it with all your heart you are pure and spot- less," &c. --(Pages 13-15, Penance.) When you have made a good confession your sins are forgiven."—(Page 126, Priest's private Prayer-boek.) Conversion" Are you converted ?" If you are ever asked this question, reply, "Yes I was converted from a child of Adam to a child of God, in my baptism." I ask the Rev. D. Howell and his colleagues if they are prepared to tax me, and hundreds of others, to pay teaching of which the above is an example ? The above books are used now in Cardiff by parties receiving money for teaching Protestantism. AN ELECTOR. CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION—THE T REAL QUESTION AT STAKE. Sn.t,-It appears to me that this contest, rightly un- ierstood, lies notbetween;Conservatives and Liberals, and not between Churchmen and Nonconformists, but be- tween Protestants of every denomination and Romanists and Semi-Romanists. mauis As an Evangelical Churchman, I rejoice to see the name of so staunch a Churchman as Mr Peter Price among the unsectarian Candidates. He is in his right place. Would that the Vicar of St John's were by his side. There is no doubt that should the Sectarian and the Romish Candidates get a majority, whatever fine theories may be spun as to the payment being not for the religious, but the secular education received, the practical result will be the further endowment of Popery and Ritualism. As a thoroughly Protestant Churchman, I shrink from such a prospect, and therefore shall do my best for Mr. Price and his friends. So plainly is the issue perceived in St. Mary's parish that I know several Conservative Churchmen who are prepared to do the same. Let every truly Protestant Churchmen vote for the Unsectarian, but Bible six. Surely, the "Western Reviler" pays a poor compliment to the Bible when it characterises those who advocate its teaching as the pro- moters of a system whose result would be 44 clever devils." It might be retorted that the system under which the inspirers of that paper have been brought up has not done even that, for none but stupid devils would pour out falsehoods so gross aod glaring that not even the simplest person can be deceived by them.—I am, &c., Cardiff, Jan. 13th. 1875. A CHURCHMAN.

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EPIPHANY QUAPTER SESSIONS GLAUN .IORG,4-NSIIIRE. SATURDAY. (Before Mr R. 0. JONES and Mr J. PEITCHAED.) T I. BREAKING AND ENTERING AT CWMBACH. John Daley, Rees, Griffiths, boatmen, Moses Jenkins <*nd James Jenkins, owners of the boat w/ir IJ.vies, landlord of » p.blie-1,^ Srtte breaking into the Co-operative Stores, Cwmbacb and. stealing tour sacks of flour, eight tubs of r\ butter, four casks of Cork butter, qf the value of i'7^" on the 24th of October last. Mr H. Allen, instructed bv Mr James, of Mertliyr, prosecuted Mr B. T Williams instructed by Messrs Simon and Plews, defended Moses Jenkms and James Jenkins; Mr Becson defended Dealey and Rees Griffiths; and Mr B Francis Williams, instructed by Mr. J. E. Price (Spickett and Price), Fontypridd, defended William Davis, rJ he prcse- cutor, J olin Rees, is the manager as well as member of the Co,operative Iriendly Society, Cwmbach, a limited trading society having large stores on the banks of the canal at Cwmbach. Ihe Jenkins are father and sen, and live some inil es, below Cwmbach, but near the catial John Daley anp, Rees Griffiths were employed by them to. take charge otthe boat. On the 2::nd October 30 sacks of flour were placed in the boat, consigned ts Mr. John Rees, IromMe^srs.^piiler and Co., Cardiff; and on the 23rd were duly received at the stores. On the following morning the stores were found to have been broken into and the articles which the prisoners were charged with stealing were missed. Police-constable Martin examined the premises, and then proceeded to trace the property. Suspicion fell on the elder Jenkins and also on the sen James Jenkins, living ia adjoining Louse In company with Superintendent Matthews, Martm on the same oay saw the old man, Jenkins, ar.d asked him where his boat was. He told him in the canal. He asked for Daley and Griffiths, and was told that they were at chapel. He was asked what was in the boat when he said nothing but empty tierces, and this he knew as he had been oVt:rJ the boat that morning. The constable went to the boat, found the cabin locked, but on opening tound a sack of flour inside. There appeared to be also marks of butter tubs. Lower down the canal some men were engaged in dragging out several tubs of butter. He searched the house of the elder Jenkins, found Lhere a part of a sack of flour, with the name of fcjpjller and Co. on the sack. A large quantity of butter, 201bs. in one place, 30lbs. in another, on dishes and pans, concealed under boards. In the house of the younger Jenkins he also found a part of a sack of Hour and large quantities of butter, the flour being con- cealed in the bedroom under the bed-clothes. It was alleged that on the previous night some man had been seen conveying a sack of flour from the canal to the house of the elder Jenkins, and that a ticket of one of the butter casks was found on the road. The conjecture of the police was that Daley and Griffiths broke open the stores, and brought the goods down in the canal boat to the house of Jenkins, who received the goods. It also appeared that in coming down the canal that morning the boatmen Daley and Griffiths hailed another boat coming down, managed by a man named Thomas, and that they hailed Thomas and asked him to convey a sack of flour to a certain lock near the White Horse, and Daley met; them there, and took the sack of flour to the White Horse, and this included Davies in the robbery. Subsequently, when the pri- soners were taken, Daley accused Griffiths of having broken into the premises, and Griffiths accused Daley of holding the door of the stable while he (Griffiths) carried in a sack of flour. A number of respectable witnesses were called, and gave Davies a very excellent character. The chief points of the defence were the want of identifi- cation of the articles stolen. The three counsel for the prisoners made each a long and careful address in their defence, each one dealing on the defence of his own clients. The learned Chairman summed up, and the jury retired, and after an absence of half an hour returned a verdict of guilty of stealing against Daley and Griffiths, guilty of receiving against both Jenkins and acquitted William Davies, as it appeared that Davies was not aware that the sack of flour had been brought to his house by Daley. Daley and Griffiths, both of whom had been previously convicted, were sentenced to nine months' hard labour. The elder Jenkins, whom the bench believed was at the bottoai of the whole affair- was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour, and the youngei- Jenkins to three months' hard labour. This concluded the business of the Sessions.

MONMOUTHSHIRE HUNT. The annual Ball came off at the Beaufort Arms Hotel, on Friday evening last. The room, corridor, and ante-room b were very tastefully decorated with gaslights,. flowers, shrubs, ferns, &c., as in former years, Mr. John Cloud superintending the latter department. The supper was the best Mr. and Mrs. Dell have ever put on. the table since their management commenced. The num- ber of ladies and gentlemen present was over 100; many of the evening or fancy dresses were very tasteful, and some of them gorgeous. Dancing was kept up until about five o'clock in the morning, to the beautifully ren- dered selections of Mr. Alfred Pittmans, whose band oc- cupied the orchestra. On Saturday morning the meet was to have been held at Drybridge, the seat of Mr. C. H. Crompton-Roberts, who provided a most recherche luncheon for about a. hundred ladies and gentlemen. The hounds, however, owing to some mistake, did not come further than Rock- field. They ran to the Llangattock cover, where they started two foxes, which they were unable to kill.

GELLYGAER ENDOWED SCHOOLS. A meeting of the Governors took place on Wednesday, at the School, Mr G. T. Clarke in the chair. There were present, The Rev. R. Williams, Rev. A. Davies, Mr L. D. Rees, Mr E. D. Williams, and Mr Frank James. Clerk. The report upon the proposed road at Croesfaen, made by Mr C. H. James, Mr i Lewis, Mr D. Rees, and Mr E. Williams, was read by the Clerk, and adopted on the proposition of Mr E. D. Williams, seconded by Mr L. D. Rees. It appeared that the road would be about a mile in length, and would proceed through a wood on Crossfaen Farm. The three gentlemen who appended their signature to the report regretted to say that, in'their opinion, the read would not open up any land that in any reasonable probability might be expected, to be re- quired for building purposes, or which would benent materially, the farm itself. The desirability of the road being a parish one open to the public, was intimated by the committee, who observed that the cost of maintaining a fencing on both sides would probably be a serious burden on the Governors. It was stated that the road would be of great convenience to the parishioners of Gellygaer, that it was improbable that a road could be made on the other side of the valley except a ^-re^ i c?? ,Jan "under various circumstances, it was advisable that a sum of £ 200 should be paid to the Governors for the right of road, and the wood. That sum would hardly save them from loss. It was assumed in the report that the propofei road would not lessea the Rhymney Iron Company's rent. either for the farm gene- rn 1 acrts already taken by that company. I he Clerk was directed to communicate with the County Roads Board, and intimate to them the conditions on. Roads Board, and intimate to them the conditions on. which the road would be opened. A discussion took place as regards to the accommoda- tion afforded at the school for boarders. In answer to the Chairman, the Clerk stated that there was a sum of £ 3,400 in the bank, and C340 was the pre- sent income. The amount derived from the £3,400 in the bank was JE90. The Rev. AAROX DAVIES advocated the addition of dormitories, and stated that in Monmouthshire several masters in one school were taking boarders. The CHAIRMAN thought they must confine the boarders to the head master. The Governors then proceeded to inspect the school premises, and on returning passed a resolution, to the efiect that a committee, consisting of the Rev. R. Williams, Rev. A. Davies, Mr. L. D. Rees, and Mr. t?' 6k°uld be appointed to consult with the Rev. D. Evans, the new head master, as to whether there would be any necessity for making additional accom- modation. The subject of providing exhibitions at a future time for the benefit of scholars belonging to the elementary schools of the district underwent a brief discussion and was allowed to stand over till the next meeting. The school opens on the 1st of April an the new basis, and with the view of attracting scholars the Rev. Aaron vrCu ProPose^ that a prospectus should be printed and published. This received some consideration, and the proposals advanced as to the various branches of educa- tion, with other details referring to the terms for pupils, &c., were allowed to stand over till the next meeting for a more full discussion. By that time the Governors will be able to make definite arrangements.

AIR. SAMUEL MORLEY ON BOARD SCHOOLS. Mr S. Morley, M.P., who presided at the opening of a new school, at Islington, London, said that as a Noneom- formist he regarded the hundred schools which were being set up as places of refuge from those which were subjected to denominational pressure, and he hoped the effect of these institutions would be to cause existing schools to adopt a higher standard of education. He understood that no existing school in the neighbourhood had suffered by the operations of the board, and he hoped that the reason was that the old schools had improved their standard. With regard to the dissatisfaction which was felt at the increase of rates for education, he was sure that shillings of rates would come back in pounds; at any rate, there would -be less prison and less pauperism. At the same time, he was jealous of lavish expenditure.

A POLITICAL SCANDAL AT WASHINGTON. A very disgraceful political scandal has been developed at Washington. In 1872, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company of New York-the company which has re- cently sustained a severe loss by the burning of their steamship Java—obtained from Congress a subsidy of 5,000,000 dollars—590,000 dollars a year for ten years. It now turns out that the company gave to a Mr. R. B. Irwin the sum of 750,000 dollars, to be used ia Washington to secure the passage of the bill granting this subsidy. This money was paid to Mr Irwin in chequearl signed by the president of the company, t Mr StockwelL for 100,000 dols., 110,000 dols., 40,000 dols., and five others for 100.000 dols. each. An investigation into the matter is now being conducted before the house committee of ways and means, and Mr Irwin has been examined as a witness. He frankly confessed that he had received the money, and declared that he had expended it, for the purpose for which it was given; but when be was asked to whom he paid it he flatly re- fused to answer. Every one believes that he paid it to members of congress—it is even insinuated that some of it went to still higher quarters; but Mr Irwin remains firm in his refusal to throw any light upon the matter. He will probably be committed to prison for contempt, but his detention can last no longer than the present session of congress, and for that he will probably care but little.

To ALL SCBTEBEBS FROM BAD LECS.—Testimonial to Mr. H. J. LUTWTCHE, manager for Mrs. F. W. Joy, chemist, street, Cardiff.—1, Thomas Edwards, of Crockherbtown, 1 have much pleasure in announcing the foUo,ing :-I -I beg t41 state that Mr. Lutwyche has successfully cured my bad legs after 17 years standing. I also wish to state that I have been ukdw many surgeons uuring the past 17 years, but without SHOOess. X am so pleased with having had my legs cured, that I tMtve JIÙ- Mahed the above unknown to my doctor, Mr. ifUtwyche.—Sept. ittt,M?4. 631