The Cardiff Times

GHOSTS. IT is not true as is commonly supposed that we see with the eye, and hear with the ear, and taste with the tongue. The true seat of these sensations is the brain, and the other organs are merely the means by which impressions are transmitted to it. Some minds have a strong natural tendency to form vivid pictorial images of everything that interests them in others there is a like tendency to the intense renovation of past impressions. Thus scenes are very often remembered with photographic accuracy, and in some instances de- ceive the mind with their reality. These are the ghosts which trouble so many people. There are many cases on record which directly prove that there is often the closest possible connection between the very shape which these phantasms assume and the images which have previously occupied the mind. A writer who was haunted with the apparition of frightful spectres, and who was at length struck with some con- nection between these illusions and his previous thoughts, states that he tried the experiment whether by fixing his meditation upon other objects he could not make them take the place of the ghosts which troubled him. With this view, while the faces were flashing before him, he reflected upon places that he had visited. After a considerable interval of time towns and cities would pass before him, and the figure would vanish. But this was an in- telligent man. The illusions of superstitious minds consist of angels or devils, which assume all sorts of fantastic forms. RE- MIGIOUS, who was a commissioner for the trial of witches in Lorraine, was in his way a bit of a philosopher. He noted down the form, features, and dress of demons, and his statements clearly show that they varied very little from the paintings and sculptures of his age. What wonder that these things should make an indelible impres- sion on weak and ignorant minds, and exert an influence even over strong and cultivated understandings which their better reason could not at all times resist. What wonder that they should assume a menacing aspect in the dreams of the guilty, and some of the cherubs smile in the visions of the innocent. In regard to ghosts, it is ob- servable that they were remarkably abundant in this country during the period after the Civil War of 1649. This mainly was due to the melancholic tendency of the rigid Puritans of that time. Says a writer, "Their occupancy of old family seats, "formerly the residence of hospitality "and good cheer, which 'in their "hands became desolate and gloomy, and the dismal stories propagated by the discarded retainers to the ancient estab- lishments, ecclesiastical and civil, con- tributed altogether to produce a national horror unknown in other periods of oar history." It is commonly known that ghosts appear in the samedresa.that t&qy wore when living, more especially the dres in which they were attired when their picture was painted. On the other hand, churchyard ghosts are generally clothed in white, and the reason for this apparel is as plain as why an ancestor should appear in the costume in which he is depicted. In the latter instance the mind has obtained its sensation by means of the eye. It has gazed upon the canvas, and the portrait has become fixed. In the former instance it has probably secured its impression by the ear. It has been told that people are buried in shrouds, or wrapped in sheets. However, these appari- tions are gradually disappearing before the light of knowledge.

GOLD MINING IN WALES. STATEMENT BY MR PRITCHARD MORGAN. In:tbe House of Commons on Tuesday night, Mr GOSCHEN, replying to Mr Lloyd Morgan said he could not come to any decision as to how the royalty in Mines should be charged until the Royal Commission on Mining Royalties had repented. Mr THOMAS ELLIS asked the right hon. gentle- man whether he could state the amount of the costs of the Chancery suits which were now being recovered, at the instance of the Crown, from the I hon. member for Merthyr Tydfil, and whether there had been any decision upon the Acts of William and Mary relating to gold and silver mines until the suit which had led to the seizure, and probable sale, of his property. Mr GOSCHEN said the costs of the suit amounted to about JB500. Writs had been issued for the recovery of the costs against the junior member for Merthyr Tydfil. He had been in communica- tion with the non. member, who expressed the belief that thn payment of the costs would be made dependent upon a change in the system of royalties. He could not assent to such a course, and he hoped any bon. gentleman who had any influence with the hon. member would endeavour to persuade him that he was putting himself in a false position by compelling thp Government to levy costs. Mr PSITCHAED MORGAN asked permission to make a personal explanation. In 1884 he went to North Wales and spent his capital and energy without any interference whatever on the part of the Crown. He knew the condition of the law, but he believed that no sane Government would foramoment attempt to stop thedevelopmentof an industry in any part of the country. Having expended many thousand pounds, he was thrown mto the Court of Chancery because he would not submit to what he could prove before any court of competent tribunal to be most un- just and iniquitous charges made upon him by way of royalties. He offered to pay to the Crown in fair proportion to the profits, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer wished to charge him one half of the profits. Such a payment was impossible. In fact, the case had occupied something like three years, and in the end Mr Justice North admitted that although he (Mr P. Morgan) had cause of complaint, he could only ad- minister the law as he found it. Last week sixty workmen were discharged. They were all men desirous of pro. viding for their wives and families. Between seventy and eighty members of tho House—one of whom sat on the Treasury Bench- signed a memorial to the right hon. gentleman asking him to reconsider the matter, but ho deoliued to do so. The right hon. gentleman the member for Derby had suggested that only a small nominal royalty should be charged on the profit, but all to no purpose. Such were the reasons he had to urge against the non-payment of the oosts. Mr GOSCHEN said the question was a most difficult one, and it was only right they should await the report of the Royal Commission before coming to a decision. He thought, however, that the bon. gentleman ought to have stated that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests bad mado a concession with regard to the low ore. Sir W. HARCOURT asked if the right hon. gentleman would consent to postpone the question of coats, which, after all, was one of equity, until the report of the Royal Commission had been presented to the House. Mr GOSCHEN was surprised the right hon. gentleman should make such a suggestion. He put it to the right hon. gentleman whether it was a proper precedent to set that anyone might try an action and then make the payment of the costs dependent upon a change of the law. He did not think that would promote the interests of justice and the course of judicial proceedings. Mr P. MORGAN again rose, when The SPEAKER expressed the opinion that a suf- ficient explanation had already been given. All operations at the North Wales gold mines weresuspended on Wednesday,pending the result of the Government action, and large numbers of gold. diggerS were thrown out of employment. Two bailiffs:, representing the Crown authorities, are in charge of Bryntirion H" Tl and estate, Dol- gelly, the property of Mr Pritcbard Morgan, M.P., and it is announced that the estate will be sold by pubho auction on Saturday to defray the cost of the recent action by the Government re- garding gold-mininc royalties. It is, however, believed in North Wales that the sale will be post- poned until the report of the Royal Commission has been issued.

CARDIFF PARK WARD ELECTION. Mr Morgan Morgan's Candiaature. A public meeting in support of the candidature of Mr Morgan Morgan, the Liberal candidate in the Park Ward bye-election, was held on Monday night in the Kichmond-road Congregational School. There was a large attendance of electors. Mr Alderman David Jones presided, and amongst those also present were Councillors N. Rees, E. Owen, and E. Beavan Dr Davies, Messrs T. Callaghau, A. Upward, W. Geen, W. Jenkins, D. E. Davies, G. A. Woods, W. Llewellyn, E. Heme, A. Fulton, J. Beavan, and R. N. Hall. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said Mr Morgan had been in Cardiff for 16 years, and occupied a good business position, and it was business men like him they wanted in the Council. (Hear, hear.) Mr W. GERN proposed— That this meeting of the Park Ward electors warmly approves the candidature of Mr Morgan Morgan, and pledges itself to use every means to secure his return by a triumphant majority, and calls upon all Liberals in the ward to work in securing this result. (Applause.) He wished, he said, to clear away any misconception which might have arisen in connection with the meeting of the previous Monday. He had no quarrel whatever with Liberalism or with Mr Morgan, whom he had known for twelve years, and against whom ho had nothing to say. Indeed, he had everything to say in his favour. (Hear, hear.) Dr DAVIES seconded, and urged unity of action. Councillor NOAa: RKES having added a few words, Councillor BKAVAN, in speaking to the resolu- tion, emphasised the fact that they were fighting not merely for Mr Morgan, but a grand prin- ciple. Mr THOMAS CALLAGHAN guaranteed that the Irish electors would be as one at the election. (Hear, hear.) They had everything to expect from the Liberals and nothing to hope for from the other party. (Hear, hear). The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr MORGAN MORGAN, who was cordially received, said he should fight the contest on purely political lines, notwithstanding that his opponent had been round tellingthemthat hewasnotaTory, but an independent candidate. (Oh and kid.") Mr Waring stated distinctly in his address that he was a Conservative, and that he was the son of bis father. (Laughter.) If that audience was any criterion of the strength of his supporters in the ward, he should win by a large majority. (Hear, hear.) If elected he shenld do all in his power for the interests of the ratepayers. Mr ALLEN UPWARD and Mr TOM TAYLOR next addressed the meeting in support of Mr Morgan's candidatuie, after which a vote of thanks was, on the ihotion of Mr MORQAN, accorded the chair- man, and the meeting separated. Meeting of Irish Nationalist Electors. A public meeting of Catholic electors in sup- port of the candidature of Mr Morgan Morgan was held in St. Peter's Guildhall, Cardiff, on Tuesday evening. Mr Thomas Callaghan pre- sided, and on the platform were Messrs F. Jotham, J. Collins, Owen Connor, W. McLaughlin, W. Triggs, Robert Fullerton, and 1). Barry. The lollowing resolution was carried unanimously:— That this meeting of the Catholic and Irish National electors of the Park Ward pledges itself to support the C3Ùdida.ture of Mr Morgan Morgan, and endeavour to secure, by every legitimate means in its power, hia triumphant return, as the advocate of our civil and re- ligious liberties, to the Cardiff County Council.

THE STRANDING OF THE 8,8. VOLANTE. Board of Trade Inquiry. On Thursday at Cardiff—before Mr T. W. Lewis (stipendiary), with whom were Captain Parish and Mr Hal let t, as nautical assessor and engineering assessor respectively—the Board of Trade inquiry was resumed into the stranding of the B.S. Volante, of Cardiff, on the east coast of Ireland.—Mr Howard Smith was for the Board of Trade, and Mr A. M. Ingledew (Ingledew, Ince, and VacheU) for the owners, underwriters, and master.—Capt. Gallichin was recalled and examined as to the courses steered.—Mr Ingledew addressed the Court on behalf of the master, &c., and Mr Howard Smith replied on behalf of the Board of Trade.—-The inquiry was then ad- journed till to-morrow forenoon, when judgment will be given.

RICK FIRE NEAR NEWPORT. On Tuesday, after lighting his pipe, a man threw down the unextinguished match in the rick- yard of Miss Beys, the Graig Farm, BassaUeg. The result was that two hayricks and a stack of straw were speedily enveloped in flames, and although the fire engine from Tredegar Park was speedily in attendance and a number of willing hands rendered assistance, one rick of hay and a stack of straw were completely destroyed, and part of the other rick was consumed, the loss being estimated at about £ 150^ which, howevgl,

WELSH ECHOES FROM I LONDON. By Our Special Welsh Correspondent. POLITICAL—SOCIAL—MUSICAL 1 Wales in Parliament, There ir no Welsh Bill of any importance before the House just now, but the Welsh mem- bers, nevertheless, keep an open eye on all ques- tions of interest to Wales, however remote. On Tuesday afternoon a number of them united in bringing tLe Chancellor of the Exchequer to book over the action of the Woods and Forests De- partment in levying on the Merionethshire pro- perty of Mr Pritchard Morgan for costs in con- nection with the Chancery suit brought against him for mining royalties, claimed by the Crown. Mr Prftchard Morgan's contention—a contention which is supported by a large number of members on both sides of the House-is that royalties on gold mining should be charged on profits and not on product. The latter charge presses far too heavily and in many cases quite unjustly on thoso persons who strive to develope the somewhat speculative industry of mining for gold in the Principality. Mr Lloyd Morgan, Mr Thomas Ellis, Mr Kenyon, and Mr David Thomas, the senior colleague of Mr Pntchard Morgan in the representation of Merthyr, addressed questions to Mr Goschen, with the view of placing the matter fairly before the House, and more particularly with the view of affording the junior member for Merthyr an opportunity of making a personal explanation, an opportunity of which ho was not slow in taking ad- vantage. Probably Mr Goschen is right when he says that non-payment of costs has no connection with reform of statutory laws; nevertheless the sympathies of the House, generally speaking, go to a very large extent with Mr Pritchard Morgan; and the treatment that is being meted out to him will most likely bring about a salutary change in the mode of exacting Crown Royalties. Incidentally I may mention in this connection that the rumours to the effect that the junior member for Merthyr would not fight for his seat if there was any opposition at the General Election is entirely groundless. Mr Pritchard Morgan, sanguine as to the cordial rela- tions that exist between him and his constituents, and strengthened by the mutual understanding which now exists between himself aad his colleague in the representation, is prepared to enter into any contest that may be awaiting him at the General Election with a sure faith and a light heart. There is also another ridiculous canard afloat with respect to the intentions of Mr Lloyd Morgan, who, it is said. is preparing to resign his seat for West Car- marthenshire. I have it on the best possible authority that Mr Morgan has never entertained any such intention. An attempt has been made in some quarters to fasten upon him a feeling of opposition to the Welsh Land Bill, brought before the House last week by Mr Thomas Ellis. As a matter of fact he paired in favour of the Bill with Colonel Kcnyon Slaney against, and had it not been for positive medical orders which forbad him t. undertake the strain of travelling to and from Wales within the same twenty-four hours he would have been in his place in the House to vote for the Bill. Sir Edward Reed is not the man to accept a. short no for an answer, and he is determined to bring the question of a Lord Mayor for Cardiff on again in a short period. The London Evening News is sadly behindhand. On Tuesday it stated that the member for Cardiff was in his place the night before for the first time this Session. Sir Edward Reed was in the House on Wednesday week, and voted with the Welsh party in favour of the Land Bill, and has been most assiduous in his attendance ever since. The Eight Hours' Bill. There was a most interesting discussion over ths Eight Hours' Bill on Wednesday afternoon. That Wales was specially interested was evident from the presence of Mr Isaac Evans (Neath), Mr William Evans (Rhondda), and other labour representatives, who were busily engaged in placing their constituents' view before their Par- liamentary friends. Mr J. Herbert Lewis, the Literal candidate for the Flint Boroughs, who has a large number of miners amongst his electors, occupied a seat under the gallery. By the time this note appears, it will be old news that the promoters of the Bill failed to carry it through a second reading. Their insistence, iJh the point of retaining the loank tb bank principle prevented a large number of mem- bers from extending to tham that support which their approval of the general principle of the limitation oithe hours of adult labour would otherwise have warranted them in giving. Thi° accounts for the fact that several Welsh and other members, who are in favour of what is known as the eight hours principle, voted against the Bill. Mr Alfred Thomas and Welsh Home Rule. The opening paper in the Welsh Review for April will be one on "Home Rule for Wales," by Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., in which he gives a summary of the provisions of his National Institutions Bill, and relates the steps taken for forwarding its interests. It would appear that the article was written before the meeting of the Welsh party, at which the prospects of the Bill was discussed last week. How far the discussion has modified Mr Thomas'* views I am unable to say, but in the article he expresses the sanguine view that the time is at hand when every Welsh member of Parliament will support his scheme. They may disagree and dissent from the methods proposed for forcing its consideration ,by Parliament but on the scheme itself Mr Thomas has the fullest confidence that the people of Wales will require their representatives to sup- port a measure that would secure to the Princi- pality the very greatest advantages. There is point in Mr Thomas's concluding remark to the effect that none of his critics who have tried to damage his proposals have been able to point out a single sensible and practical improvement. Until that be done the author of the National Institutions Bill is content; to believe that his scheme is the best that can be devisedoto meet the requirements and claims of Wales. Jottings. Miss Llewela Davies, of Brecon, has won yet another much coveted prizeat the Royal Academy of Music. In the opinion of the most competent critics Miss Davies will become one of the most accomplished instrumentalists of the day. Miss Davies is the daughter of Mr Rhys Davies, the popular town surveyor and land agent of Brecon. Mr Ellis Griffith, of the North Wales Circuit, has been unanimously and enthusiastically adopted as the Liberal candidate for the West Toxteth Division of Liverpool. It would appear that Mr Sydenham Jones, of the South Wales Circuit, will not; after all, fight the Liberal battle in the Thanet Division. The choice of the party has fallen on Mr Sydney Hart, an active member of the Eighty Club. On Wednesday night Sir John Puleston, M.P., presided over the annual concert of the Whitland- road Welsh Chapel, at which Miss Maggie Daviea (Dowlais) and Mr Ben Davies, the well-known operatic artist, aaag.

A PEARL NECKLACE CASE 200 YEARS AGO. History repeats itself. While society is still discussing the naarl necklace case and Mrs Osborne's fate, Mr John Underhill has published in his selections from The Athenian Oracle (London Walter Scott) an account of a strikingly similar incident Ít was the custom in bygone days for people in doubt to ask the" Oracle for advice, and among the queries sent was the following :— A young gen»a—a.n married, and in a few years was left a Widow^hSfather took both her and her ohildren Home, maintained them all. Her Mother had a 'Pearl J&^orth £ 300, which Wdsleltata Goldsmith's time, for which at length she sent her aforesaid daughter to fetch Home accord- ingly she went, andbvtbe way concluded with herself to keep the Necklace and to tell her Patents her Pocket was pick~i .,f it coming Home, which she did with all the SigiH 0f a great and real Sorrow; she pre- tended not to tw for some Nights, aud wept ex- tremely for a lonl &trwhich made her Mother and Father believeV The Question in dispate is, Whether it was not as great a Theft in her to wrong her Mother as^ it^otdd Save been if it had been any. one's else? wo As the question of theft has also been discussed in Mrs Osborne's Case we give the answer of the Oracle Theft is theft i,„™»ver circumstantiated; Mid'tis (instead of beiiS't^^o+ter) much worse than when we steal from or infuSo«r ^nefactors. The Oracle »(aavs a contemporary) must have The Oracle »(aavs a contemporary) must have foreseen the diletnma of Mrs Hargreavea m thus replying.

THE SALVATIONISTS AT EASTBOURNE. There were no disturbances at Eastbourne on Sunday, so far as the Salvationists were con- cerned, as they made no outdoor display, but a crowd assembled in tho afternoon outside the citadel, and resented being forced to move on. Three arrests weramado before the mob dispersed

TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. NEW YOBK, Thursday. The worst railway disaster ever known in Central America is reported from Sonsonate.. A San Salvadorexpress, travelling near the former place, left the rails and was wrecked. Thirteen persons were instantly killed, and 31 received very serious injuries. Some of the latter are not likely to recover.

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The whole of the water in the lake is violently moved, and the outflow at its lower extremity is increased tenfold. It is precisely tl.ix flooding dfect which is produced upon the liver by the rushing currents of blood from the legs as the lesult of their energetic activity in pedalling the bicycle or tricycle. The stagnant lake in the organ is moved in every part, all its minutest- branching- off vessels are washed out, and its bile-secreting cells are stimulated by fresh blood. But a warning is held out bv the Lancet, which some of the lovers of the iron bor.e may study with profit. The writer's object is not to discourage physical exercise, but to show the special danger cyclists incur of overdoing it. The swift motion along beautiful roads is so entrancing, the warm glow brought to the cheeks on a bright, cold day so intoxicating, and above all, the desire to equal or to beat what others have done is so English, that a man is often led to do more than his strength really allows him. The last two years have been si. nalised more perhaps than ever before in the cycling world by record breaking, and there .ieems no signs of decrease in this pursuit. We have some- thing to say on both sides of the question. Apart from the circumstance that not every man, and certainly few women, can afford, or has time, to use the bicycle or tricycle as a cure of sluggish liver, to the weak there is and always shall be the danger of overdoing it," of overstraining their muscles, getting into sudden heats, and colds, besides engendering heart disease by over- exertion as to the strong and experienced cyclists, what they chiefly want is common prudenc and easily pliable joints and muscles. 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SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. Late onSundami^ht at Wellington, Shropshire, a master bricfcirfak-jr named Richard Corbett, n»de a toUrderoU3 attack upon his wife with a jjoker fracturing her skull so badly that fa;n't hope is entertained of her recovery. Corbett after making the attack, left the home, anH not'hing more was seen of hmi until Monday morning, when his dead body was ot lar from nia

THE MINES (EIGHT HOURS) Bill. Speech by Mabon. There was a much larger attendance in the Commons than usual on Wednesday mornings on account of the second reading of the Mines (Eight Hours) Bill, which was down for discussion. Mr Balfour and Mr Matthews were the only occupants of the Treasury Bench. Mr Gladstone, Mr J. Morley, and Mr Mundeila were present on the front Opposition Bench. Mr LEAKE, on rising to move the second read- ing of the Bill, was received with cheers. He said the miners of the country took an intense interest in the question, and with the exception of Northumberland and Durham they were practically unanimous in requiring this legisla- tion. They were not always so. Up to two years ago there were differences of opinion on the subject, but at the close of the conference at .Birmingham in 1889 they came to the decision to support a movement in favour of this Bill. Why, he asked, should 95,000 miners in Northum- berland and Durham bar tho desires of 400,000 miners In other parts of the kingdom ? The first effect of the restriction might be a slight diminution of output, but that would soon pass away. The Bill was one more for the regulation than7or the restriction of labour. (Hear, hear.) Mr BURT moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. He did not contest the statement that eight hours' work was enough for anybody Underground, and he supplemented that by saying that 89 a day was little enough — (laughter) — but they were not helped forwaid much by those pious opinions. He held that the best way of shortening the hours of labour was by mutual agreement if possible between employers and workmen. Mr HOWAKTH opposed this Bill on the ground that, besides being indefensible in itself, it wculd if passed restrict the output and increase the pme of coal, and thus interfere with every industry in the country. He seconded the amendment. Mr CHAHBSULAIN said that the two points which the House would do well to consider and which raised different questions were, first, was it desirable that there should be a maximum eight hours' day for miners ?»nd secondly, granted that this was desirable, what was the best means of obtaining it—by legislation or voluntary action ? On that first point he thought they would all be unanimous. Even if mining were the less healthy occupation as had been asserted, there could be no doubt that it was a disagreeable and laborious occupation, and that eight hours honest work was a quite sufficient day's work. But then they were told that if the hours were reduced the output would be reduced. If it was he believed that wages Would be reduced or the prices would be raised, and then foreign competition would come, and not only mining but all occupations depen- dent upon that would be affected. The question whether eight hours' work would be a good thing, therefore, depended on whether the output of coal would be reduced. In his opinion there would be no such diminution of output as some people anticipated. His conviction was that long hours meant listless work, insufficient work, and bad work that there was, in fact, a maximum beyond which a man could not go consistently wijh the eff«i«my of labour. He supported me second reauiug of the Bill as an admissiou of the principle; but if the Bill got into committee he held himself at liberty to criticise its details, and perhaps to alter it materially in the way of givingelasticity to its provisions. (Cheers.) Sir TBEDKBIOK MILNER opposed the Bill. He suggested that members on both sides of the House were weakly yielding to a squeezing pro- cess by working men constituents. If the House were ■ nee to interfere with the freedom of labour by grown men, Heaven only knew where they would be able to stop. Mr W. ABRAHAM (Mabon), speaking in favour of the Bill, pointed out that the colliery owners of the kingdom opposed any reduction in the hours of labour much more than advances in wages. As the hon. member for Bethnal Green (Mr G. Howell) h:1 stated the reason wasobvious, for any reduction in the hours of labour was nearly always permanent, whereas wages fluc- tuated. (Hear, hear.) He regretted that he (Mi- Abraham) and the hon. member for Morpeth would not be in the same lobby. The difference between them was simply one of expediency, not of principle. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for Morpeth was in favour of mutual agreement on the question, if possible. He agrees with the "if possible," but was it possible? This had been tried in the case of the Northumberland miners in 1880, the Monmouthshire miners in 188SJ^ nnd the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, representing more than two-thifds of the miners of this country, and they had always met with a distinct "no." The miners of Wales and Scotland and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain were unanimously in favour of a legisla- tive eight hours' day. He contended that it would be impossible for any portion of the com- munity to be more agtecd upon a question. It had been said to touch the liberty of the subject, but he denied that the miner had any liberty wben at the mine. If they would couie with him to the Rhondda Valley he would show them what he meant. Colliers were not allowed to work unless they reached the mine at a given moment, and when they began work they had to remain even if an acci- dent during the night had prevented their working, and when they were at work they could not leave off until the employers pleased. There were 11,840 men working less than eight hours, but there weré'15,m' men and boys work- ing more than eight hours. Did that prove that the efforts of the Trades Unions had been suc- cessful ? Mr J. George Weeks, a colliery manager and mining engineer, who had managed a colliery since 1859, stated that in that year the hours of boys were fixed at 12 hours, and re- mained so until 1872, when they were reduced to ten, but, in the year 1879, young persons above the age of 16 bad had their hours increased to eleven per day. Therefore, without the intervention of the legislature, it took 22 years to reduce the hours from 12 to 10 in the case of young persons; and if that were to be regarded as a fair specimen of the powers of the Trade Unions' effort, they should have to wait another 20 years to have the hours reduced from 10 to eight hours. It was in 1871 that the Northumberland and Durham Miners' Associa- tion succeeded in having au Act passed providing that boys should not work more than ten hours from bank to bank. The whole of the employers acceded to that demand of the miners, but they did so knowing that if they refused it the 10 hours would be enforced under the Act. There was another point he should like to make—and it was this In 1879 boys under 16 could not have their hours increased, but the boys above 16 had to submit to an increase because they were not protected by the law. Therefore he thought he might fairly argue that the superiority of tho law over the endeavours of tha Trades Union was evident to aU who considered these facts. He believed that the efforts of the Trades Unionists had been honest and sincere, but they had failed. The Northum- berland Miners' Association was formed in 1863, and one of their chief objects was to reduce the hours of boys from 12 to 10. If it had taken them 30 years to carry this aim into effect, it would take them quite 60 years to reduce the 10 to 8— —(hear, hear)—unless that House interfered by (enactment. He believed that. his hon, friends, from whom he differed on this question, were faithful and true leaders of their people, but he felt that, looking back over the past, they could only hope to have granted at an early period the reasonable and desirable demands of the Bill now before the House, and for that reason he intended to support the second reading. (Cheers.) Mr FEN WICK had never considered that there was much of the principle left to fight over, but his objection to the present proposal was based upon the methods by which it. was sought to deal with the question. He objected to persons unac- quainted with local circumstances or trade tech- nicalities forcing upon miners conditions which they considered detrimental to their interests. In 1888, when disturbances in the Westphalian dis- trict of Germany, the hours of labour of miners was diminished to eight per day, the out- put was decreased by 10 per cent., and that was the effect that was looked forward to by many of the advocates of this Bill. (Hear, bear.) Mr H. MATTHEWS was disposed to accept the canon that the good of the community would be sufficient reason for interference with adult labour, but none of the arguments advanced on behalf of the Bill had been directed to show that it was tfor the good of the community that it should be passed. (Hear, hear.) He could not help thinking that the economical- basis of the Bill was unsound, and while the Labour Commission was still sitting and inquiring into their labour question it would be premature for Parliament to legislate on principles quite contrary to those on which it had hitherto legislated on behalf of a class who were not unanimously in favour of the Bill (Hear, hear.) Sir J. PEASK, speaking as a roineowner, said the fact that the miners' organisation had been able to call upon the miners to abstain from work for a week was sufficient to prove that the same organisation could, if they so desired, reduce the working hours. Mr MUNUUICLA. wished to state for himself and others situated like himself, why hr. felt unable to vote on this Bill. How could he, and those who were like himself were members of the Labour Commission, express an opinion upon questions into which they were judicially inquiring, and upon which they would be called upon, hereafter, to pronounce a judicial opinion ? Mr CBKUKR supported the Bill. Mr JOHN WATSoN (Lanark) appealed to the Government to afford an opportunity for further discussion on the Bill. iir BALFOUR fully recognised the importance of the measure, but observed that it was out of the question in the present state of business to pro- mise that Government time would be given for its further discussion. Some arrangement might, however, be made by which a private member's night might be utilised for the purpose. (Hear, hear.) I The House divided, and the numbers were :— -for tne second reading. ]60 Against 272 Majority. 112

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THE PARNELL-WOOD SUIT. Alleged Uudue Influence,— £ 200,000 in Dispute. LONDON, Thursday. Jrhe case of Parnell (O'Shea intervening) v. Wood and another (Steele and others intervening, Farwell cited) came on for bearing to-day in the Probate and Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice—before Mr Justice Jeuue and a special jury. The action had reference to the testamentary dispositions of the late Anna Maria Wood, widow, who had resided at The Lodge, Eltham, who died on May 19th, 1889, and was the daughter of the Rev Sir John Page Wood, of Hatherley Court, Gloucestershire. The plaintiff, Mrs Katherine Parnell (for- merly O'Shea), widow of the late Mr Charles Parnell, M.P., and residing at Walsing- ham-terrace, Aldrington, West Brighton, claims to be sole legatee of the deceased Anna Maria Wood under a will dated 7th May, 1888. The defendants, General Sir Evelyn Wood and Mr Charles Page Wood, oppose the probate of the will, and, among other pleas, allege that the will was obtained by undue influence, and that the testatrix was not of sound mind at the time, which allega- tions are denied. The estate in dispute is said to amount to about £200,000, Among the inter veners was Capt. O'Shea. A long array of counsel were engaged in the case. and their briefs con- sisted of huge bundles of papers covering the desks in front of them. Sir Charles Russell, Q.C., Mr Inderwick, Q.C., and Mr Searle were for the plaintiff. The Attorney-General (Mr R. Webster, Q.C.), Mr Bayford, Q.C., and Mr Barnard were for the defendants. The other parties to the suit were represented by the Solicitor-General (Sir E. Clarke, Q.C.), Sir Henry James, Q.C., Mr McCall, Q.C., Mr Lewis Coward, Mr T. Atkin- son, Mr B. Deane (for Capt. O'Shea), Mr Guiry, Mr Rasher, and Mr Scrutton. The case was fixed for half-past ten o'clock o'clock, but counsel were engaged for over an hour in consultation, apparently with a view to a settlement, and his lordship did not come into court until twenty minutes to twelve. Sir Charles Russell then stated that counsel wished for a little more time, and his Lordship accordingly again retired to his room to await the result of further consultation. Lady Jeune here took a seat on the Bench, and among those in the court, which was crowded, were General Sir Evelyn Wood and Capt. O'Shea and his son and daughter. Mrs Parnell was not in court, but attended in one of the waiting-rooms. After the lapse of another half-hour hia lord- ship returned into court. Sir Charles Russell then stated that the consul- tation between counsel had resulted in a settle- ment. The case was one in which it was sought to prove the will of Mrs Anna Maria Wood, and he appeared, with other counsel, m support of the will. The time which they had spent in consultation had not been wasted. On the contrary, it had saved a protracted litigation. The parties had agreed that his lordship should deal with the case without a jury. They proposed to prove the last will of the testatrix, which was dated the 7th March, 1888. Having given proof of the exe- cution of the will, they did not propose to ask his lordship to pronounce for pro- bate to-day for the reason that in the interests of the children involved in the considera- tion ot the terms at which the parties had arrived, they would have to ask his lordship to give them an opportunity of discussing the matter in Chambers. He would now only call Mr Pym, the attesting witness. The Attorney General said. they had been saved a protracted litigation, which would have been of a painful character, and he thought he was justified in saying on behalf of Mr Charles Page Wood and Sir Henry Evelyn Wood and other members of the family that it was in consequence of the character of the inquiry they had made the ar- rangement mentioned, which would besatisfactory to all members of the family and others interested in the will. His Lordship expressed satisfaction at the course which bad been taken, and it was then arranged that the question as to the interests of the children should be discussed in chambers before the judge. Mr Pym, solicitor, formally proved the will, and the proceedings ended.

MERTHYR BANKRUPTCY CAURT (WEDNESDAY.—Before Mr Registrar D. R" LEWIS.) RE EDMUND MOBBIS.—Mr W. Beddoe appeared for the bankrupt, and the examination was con- ducted by Mr W. L. Daniel, the Official Receiver. The bankrupt stated he was an inspector of tools at Treharris. He was formerly a clieckweigher, and he had been connected with Treharris for nine years. He owed £188 10s, and his assets were £13 He attributed his failure to having signed a promissory note for £60 for his son. Ho signed it in the hope that his son would "come on." The examination was declared closed. The examination of THOMAS MORKIS, Tre- barris,folio wed, In reply to the OSoial Recover, he sftid be was a tailor and dtiufer, cai* jiiSg On business at Treharris. West End House was the same address as his father's (Bargoed-terrace). His liabilities were £380 148 lOd, and estimated assets, £103 15s. Travellers bad pressed goods upon him, and he ha,d sold them freely to cus- tomers. The examination was adjourned for the debtor to furnish further particulars as to sales at the commencement of his business. RE DAVID JONES, Holly Bush Inn, Dowlais (Mr J. W. Lewis appearing for the debtor). In answer to the Official Receiver, be said he had kept no books of account. He was a fitter at Dowlais before he took this house. The examina- tion was declared closed. RE DAVID JONES, grocer, Union-street, Dow- lais.—Mr Yaughan explained that the bankrupt really knew nothing about tho business, as he had not conducted it, and perhaps it would be necessary to call his-wife.—In reply to the Official Receiver, bankrupt said he was a carpenter, but, owing to weakness of sight, he had not been able to thoroughly follow his employment. His wife bad looked after the grocery business. His liabilities were £428 2s 3d, and his assets were estimated at £88 17s. As a matter of fact, the estate realised £ 100.—The examination was de- clared closed.

A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT. All in the Old-fashioned Way. An elopement, which was carried out according to an old-fashioned but effective plan, has taken place near Nancy. The heroine was a young lady of eighteen, who had fallen in love with a local landowner. The latter was a friend of the girl's family, the members of which objected to her marriage, owing to her youth. A few days since the landowner invited the damsel and her parents to dine with him. This they agreed to, and after the meal was over the father and mother _wero conducted to'a room for the purpose of looking at some pictures and objects of art. While they were doing so a manservant locked them up for an hour, and during their incarceration the lovers had flown. It was in vain that the disconsolate parents called after their absent daughter, and protested ngainst the violation of the rights of friendship and hospitality perpetrated by their love-smitten host. A carriage and pair had been waiting for the fugitives, who were soon far away. All's well that ends well," however, and the romantic affair will probably be soon terminated by a prosaic wedding, organised and conducted ac- cording to the stringent regulations required by French law.

GRUESOME DISCOVERY AT PONTYPRIDD. On Saturday, as Thomas Smith, stoker, Cil- fynydd.aud two other men were walking above the Sewerage I'ields, near Pontypridd, they dis- covered floating in the river Tag close by » body of a woman. P.C. Evans was sent for, and the body, with some difficulty, was got ashore, and eventuallv deposited in the Albion Hotel coach- house. Hie remains were fearfully decomposed, and identification seemed impossible. On Sun- day, however, Stephen Evans, a collier, living in Penrliiwceiber-road, Mountain Ash, saw the body and identified it .as that of his mother, a widow named Elizabet Evans, who resided with him. She left home sometime during Friday the 11th of December last, and had not since been heard of. -———

BURGLARY AT ABERDARE. When the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, which is held at the Fathergill's Arms, met On Saturday evening, they found the box, in which the club property is kept, prized open. and as far as can be gathered, a sum of over JB20 taken. There is, so far, no clue to the thieves.

THE PARIS DYNAMITE OUTRAGES. PARIS, Saturday. It is believed that the arrest of all the per- petrators of the recent dynamite outrages is imminent. A communication was received by the Detective Department yesterday stating that the attempts were the work of a band of dyna- miters, believed to be four in number, acting according to the orders of a fifth person, whose motive for the crimes was difficult to understand. The informer further declared that several more explosionahtd been decided upon. The police btoken stepa to verify thesg statement*

DISPUTE AT THE GREAT WESTERN COLLIERY. Threatened Strike of 1,800 Men. Considerable dissatisfaction has been ex perienced of late among the 1,800 men employed at the Great Western Colliery, Pontypridd, owing to the unprecedented slackness of work at the pits, which, since the first day of this year, have been practically working on half time. There being no work at the'colliery on Wednes- day, the men met in a mass meeting at the Royal Clarence Theatre, Pontypridd, to consider what Steps, if any, should be taken in the matter.—Mr David Thomas, checkweigher, was voted to the chair, and the spacious building was crowded from top to bottom. The proceedings were prolonged over four hours, and several suggestions were made to the effect that the men should at once bring out their tools and strike. Ultimately better counsels prevailed, and a modified resolution was unani- mously adopted to the effect that a deputation should be appointed to wait upon the manager (Mr H. T. Wales); with a view of ascertaining whether he could guarantee regular work for the remaining three days of the week, and, if not, then that the men should all descend the pits on Thursday morning, and bring out their tools without any further notice. The deputation appointed consisted of the four checkweighers—Messrs D. Thomas, David Williams, Edwin Williams, and Evan Morgan— and later in the day they waited upon Mr Wales n.t the Great Western Colliery Office. Having heard their request, Mr Wales stated that he could guarantee that there would be regular work on Thursday and the following day but that he could not then say whether the pits would be at work or idle on Saturday. He would, how- ever, make every inquiry, and would give a decisive answer with reference to Satur- day at an early hour on Thursday morning. Should the reply be unfavourable, then che men will at once carry out their resolu- tion, and bring Out their tools, whereby l,800men will be thrown out of employment. The night men presented themselves at the pit top on Wednesday night with the intention of proceed- ing towork, but having ascertained the reply given to the deputation, and considering it un- satisfactory, the great majority of them declined to descend, and returned home. WHY ABE THE PITS IDLE 1 It being frequently a matter for comment that there should be such a scarcity of work at the Great Western Pit while other collieries in the district are in full swing, our Pontypridd repre- sentative yesterday made full inquiries among the officials and the men with a view of ascertaining, if possible, the cause of the frequent stoppages of the pits. The following paragraph which ap- peared with the report of the directors of the company, presented to the meeting of the share- holders on Tuesday, may throw some light on the inquiry :— The directors regret to report that the rate of wages to be paid for working the new 5-feet seam at the Ty- mawr and Great Western Collieries is the subject of dispute with the workman, and the settlement of the question has been referred to the Sliding-scale Com- mittee of the Monmouthshire and south Wales Coal- owners' Association. The dispute has caused an irregular working of the colliery during the present year. At first sight, the connection between the dis- pute in the five-feet seam and the frequent stop- pages of the whole pits nny not' be very clear, but, as was pointed out to our representative, the Tymawr Pit depends entirely on the fave-foot seam for the whole ot its output, while even half the output of the Great Western Pit No. 2 comes from the five-feet seam. Consequently, as the officials point out, with the uncertainty of the dispute culminating in a strike at any moment, the business of the company is entirely disorganised, and they are unable to accept any contracts of an important character. Hence it is impossible to carry on work in the pits with any- thing approaching regularity. There are 300 men employed in the five-feet seam, and from 800 to 900 in the four-feet seam, and these added to the surface and other men, bring the total number of men employed to something like 1,800. THE DISPUTE IN THE FIVE-FOOT SEAM. The dispute in the five-foot seam has reference to the price to be paid for cutting and working the coal; and has been referred to the Sliding-scale committee, who have appointed two arbitrators to consider it and decide upon it. The arbitra- tors are Mr Edward Jones, Pontvpool, on behalf of the employers, and Mr T. D. Isaacs, on behalf of the men. They have met on several occasions, and have taken exhaustive evidence on both sides, but so far they have been unable to arrive at any agreement, and the question, still unsettled, will again come before the Sliding-scale Committee at its meeting on Wednesday next. The officials found out that the seam is identical with the seam worked in the Cymmer Colliery, and that the company have offered to pay their men the Cymmer prices for working it. The men do not suggest that it ia not identical with the Cymmer seam, but claim that, having regiwd to several important facts, they should be paid at a higher rate than the Cymmer men far working the five-foot seam. The top of the coal in this seam, both at Cymmer and Great Western col- lieries, has a bast above it. At the Cymmer this bast averages one inch in thickness, while at the Great Western its average thickness is four inches. Above this bast again are four layers of qJPd. about 20 iocbes in thickness. At the Oymmer Collieiy the whole of this clod is broken down and paid for according to, a scale, but M PW|' for tjba. bast, "whiph is only one inch in thickness. In consideration of the bast at the tGreat Western being four inches in thickness as against one inch at Cymmer, Mr Edward Jonas, the employers' arbitrator, offered to bind the company to pay for the bast as clod, and to begot measur- ing the clod from the top of the coal. The men, however, rejected this offer because they say the company stipulated that payment for the bast should not commence unless the bast was five inches in thickness, and as its average thickness at the Great Western is only four inches, they would not, under such an agreement* receive anything for working it. The men further allege that the frequent stoppages is merely a form of tyranny to coerce them intosettling tho dispute, and point out as aconfirmation of this that the Great West- ern wnggonsaredaily seen carrying coalfrom other pits, and that the Great Western Pits in Cardiff X\T i full swing, thein^ference being that the Great Western Company are supplying their customers with coal from other pits.

SOUTH WALE8 ENGINEERS IN COUNCIL. Meeting at Cardiff. The annual ^general meeting of the South • lo^ '^ute °f Engineers, which was founded loo, incorporated by Royal charter in v v.was on Ihursday at the Park Hall, Mr Archibald Hood presiding, in the absence of the president, Sir W. T. Lews. Mr Thomas Evans, M.Inst., C.E., Cardiff, and Mr Arthur J. Stephens, Newport, Mon., were unanimously elected vice-presidents; and the following gentlemen were elected members of the Council:—Messrs Marcus Moxham, Swansea; T. Jones Price, B.A.,F.G.S., Neath; J. T. Green, Abercarne; J. R. Bennett, Bristol; Mr D. Wight, Ystrad Rhondda; Geo. W. Wilkinson. R'sca; and Henry T. Wales, Pontypridd. Additional members of the institute were elected in the following gentlemen:—R. S. Anderson, Elswick Collieries, Newcastle; H. B. Budgett, lecturer on mining, Newport; George Davies, Abergavenny A. E. Garwood, New- port; William Thomas, Nantyglo, Mon.; C. D. Tmn, Pontypool. Mr Edwin Lamb, Blaina, was elected a student of the institute. The financial statement for the year showed a balance in hand of £ 678, against JB552 brought forwardl ast year. On the general account a net credit was shown for £2.016 16s 7d. While there had been 13 new members elected during the year, there had been a loss of 17 members during the same period, caused by deaths, &c—On the motion of the the Chairman the financial report was adopted, the opinion being expressed that in a district like South Wales and Monmouthshire the membetshipof the district should be largely in. creased. The remainder of the meeting was occupied in discussing technical papers which had been read at a previous meeting, and in reading new pp»p619* Subsequently the annual, luncheon was held.

STRANGE CONDUCT OF A CARDIFF BARMAN. evening a man giving the name of Alfred G. Elcock, and describing himself as a barnijm at the Lord Wimborne, East Moors, Oardiir, was found wandering near Ely hatless and bootless. He appeared in an excited condi- 5\°nmc ?'a3, taken to the local police-station. On Thursday he was taken before Mr Jas. Howell, T "U e T'he Llandaff magistrates' clerk in St. John s-square, and formally remanded until Monday next, when he will appear at the Llan. dafi court. He was much sobered in spirit this morning, and was Released on his own recog- nizances. Much excitement was occasioned In the village during Wednesday through the discovery of a pair of boots and a hat near a pond close to the Ely Schools.

MARRYING IN HASTE. An interesting point was raised before the President of the Divorce Court, London. onTues- day, regarding the case ofSpilsbury v.Spilsbury. On August the 12th, on the wife s petition for divorce, the yourt granted a decree nisi for the dissolution of her marriage with the respondent, and four days later she went through the cere- mony of marriage with another person. The Quoins Proctor having intervened, the wife pleaded that she re-married in ignorance of the law that it was illegal to marry before the decree was made absolute. The Queen's Proctor being satisfied that this plea was bona fide, the Presi- dent said that the official's intervention would be dismissed, and on the petitioner applying 111 the: ordinary fcrin he would make the decree I absolute.

UoitowAt's PILLS AND OINTMENT. •—Th e most effectual Cure for Gout and Rheumatism.—A frequent cause of these complaints is the inflammatory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion, lassitude, and great debility, showing the want of a proper circulation of the nui and that impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these disorders. Hollowly'* Pills are of so purifying a nature thatafewuo-jes taken in tim- are an effectual preventative against gout and rheumatism, but anyone that has an attack of either should use Hollo- way's Ointment also, the powerful properties of which, combined with the effects of the Fills, ensure a ertain cure. The Ointment should be thoroughly rubbed into the parts affected at least twice a day, after they have been snmci ntly fomented with warm water to open the^pores to facilitate the Introdfi^tion of the QintmfQji

CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSIZES. The Carmarthenshire Assizes were resumed in the.Shire hall, Carmarthen, on Friday morning, at 10 o'clock, before Mr Justice Charles. THE SERIOUS CHANGES AGAINST A LLANELLY ASSISTANT. Win. Alexander Millar (41), shop assistant, Llanelly, who on Thursday was found guilty of supplying a young woman named Catherine Bassett, Liwynhendy, with a noxii us drug called ergot of rye, with a view to procure abortion, he haviua- previously seduced her, was now charged with stealing a large quantity of drapery sroods from Bradford House, Llanelly.—Mr Lloyd Morgan was for the Crown, and Mr Glascodina for the defendant.—The prosecution failing to Erove that the articles found at prisoner's lodgings ad been stolen, the case collapsed, and tho jury returned a verdict of Not guilty." Before proceeding to pass sentence in regard to the dffence on which prisoner was found guilty on the previous evening, The Judge asked prisoner if he had any reo marks to make. Prisoner said he had been placed at agreat disad- vantage, inasmuch as the prosecutrix was not pre- sent to answer any questions that might be thought necessary to put to her by the learned counsel for the defence. Had she been there she would have corroborated the line of defence which he adopted, viz., that the stuff which he (the prisoner) had given to the prosecutrix was for the purpose of curing piles, a disease from which both he (prisoner) arid prosecutrix happened to be suffering. Again, it must be taken into account that she spoke a little English only, and he could not understand Welsh at all; hence the reason he was silent when asked in the vernacular by the prosecutrix's mother about the contents of the bottle. He maintained that if his lawyer had sworn the two Llanelly medical gentlemen who had attended him when he was suffering from the disease in question, a very different complexion would have been put upon the case. The landlady with whom he lived for over ten months had often seen him take the medicine which he had given to the prosecutrix. Had hs intended to procure abortion he would surely not have allowed such a space of time to elapse between the giving of the first and the. second bottle of medicine, as had been mentioned in the evidence. It wason the strength of the understanding that she suffered from the specific disease that he sent, as requested, a bottle similar to the one he had given her in the first instance. He owned letters which would prove his innocence, but, in spite of appeals made to the police since he had been'in custody, he had not been able to recover his property, the keys of his boxes being 1D their possession. The night before he was arrested he sat up with the prosecutrix, with whom he was on most friendly terms, and for whom he enter- tained most affectionate feelings. It had been suggested' that he had a desire to obviate bastardy. That was riot correct, and if he were spared he would redeem the piomise he had made to theproseeutrix. In reply to his lordship, Mr Glascodine said he had not been on bail. The Judge said the prisoner's statement had not made the least impression upon his mind, for he had not the slightest doubt that prisoner sup- plied the ergot of rye in order to get rid of prose- cutrix's child. The prosecutrix's evidence, as given before the magistrates, was perfectly distinci op that ]K)int. Prisoner would, therefore, be kept to hard labour for six calendar months. ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT. William Bowen (19), platelayer, Lammas- street, Carmarthen, was indicted on a charge of indecently assaulting Catherine Alice Sparks "(14). Nott-square. of the same town. Mr Lloyd Morgan, M.P., was for the prosecution, and Mr Arthur Lewis for the defence. The jury returned a verdict of Not fguilty," and the prisoner was discharged. The decision was received with applause. The court then adjourned. These Assizes were continued at Carmarthen on Saturday, before Mr Justice Charles. aEORGR V. GSOBGE A SINGULAR CASE OF LIBEL. In this case Thomas George, draper, &c., of Pontreselly, Cardiganshire, was the plaintiff, and his brother, John Evan George, formerly chemist, of Hirwain, was the defendant. The action was brought to recover damages for libel alleged to have been written by the defendant in a letter which he sent in 1891 to another of his brothers, William George, a chemist at Swansea. The letter contained certain statements to the effect that in the years 1880 and 1883 the defendant was insolvent. This the defendant alleged militated against his busi- ness, for he was, unable to get any credit. The defendant pleaded justification, and that what he said was true. Mr J. W. Benson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Abel Thomas and Mr Arthur Lewis for the defendant. After the case had proceeded for some tima, Col. Gwynne Hughes, the foreman of the jury-—a special one—said that the jury were satisfied that in the years 1880 and 1883 the plain- tiff was in a state of insolvency, and the foreman added that the plaintiff had given his evidence in the most unsatisfactory manner. As a result of a consultation between counsel, the defendant consented to accept judgment in his favour without costs. The Judge, in giving judgment to this effect, said the defendant had acted very handsomely owards the plaintiff. 3 DISPUTE ABOUT A FARM. Benjamin Davio and others brought An action against John Lewis and Evan Lewis,, t £ U4td$4' of John Lewis, deceased, late of Blaenantgwyn, Llanfihangel ar-arth, to secure the specific per- formance of an agreement whereby the late John Lewis is alleged to have consented to sell the fyrm of Blaenantgwyn to the plaintiffs for £ 1,000- In the alternative the plaintitf claimed damages for the non-performance of the agreement referred to. Mr Arthur Lewis represented the plaintiff. Mr Abel Thomas and Mr Lleufer Tliomas the defendants. It appears that formerly Thomas Davies, the father of the plaintiffs, owned Blaenantgwyn, and in 1876 he mortgaged it to John Lewis. He alleged, however, that Lewis signed &n. agreement to re-convey the farm to Davies or his children on payment of £1,000, and that he or they would have the option of purchase 12 months after his (Lewis's) death. After evidence had been given in support of the agree- ment and in reference to improvements/ the Plaintiffs had carried out on the farm, The Judge said it was by no means an easy case to decide, and it being now late in the even- ing, he directed that the legral aspect of the issue should be argued before him in London. The Court rose about a quarter to eight, and the Assize concluded,

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. The first statutory meeting of the new Council was held at Haverfordwest on Thursday week. There was a full attendance of members. Tho late Chairman (Mr H. G. Allen) said he was very sorry to inform those present, some of whom had very k ndly expressed the wish that he should continue to hold the office of chairman, that advancing age and the increase cf in- firmities which came with it made him feel that he could not give the attention and energy to the duties of the office which the chairman should be expected to give. He therefore moved that Lord Kensington be appointed chairman for the eP- eumgyear. (Loud applause.)—Mr N. A. Rocb seconded tha nomination.—The resolution waS then put to the meeting and carried unanimously- —Lord Kensington suitably acknowledged the compliment, and a cordial vote of thanks wn5 accorded the late chairman for his very able set j vices in the chair. The meeting then proceeded with the election of aldermen in place of the eight outgoing aldermen, the following being appointed :—Mr G. P. Brewer (L.), Narberth, 46 votes; Mr Joseph Thomas (L.), Haverfordwest, 38; Mr BenjaInIn Rees (L.), Granant, 38; Mr H. Seymour Allen (L.), Crescelly, 28; Rev William Evans (L.), Pembroke Dock, 28 Mr R. Thomas (L.), Trebover, 28 Mr William Watts Williams (L.), St. David's, 28; Mr William Mason (L.), PetIl- broke Dock, 26. The following gentlemen, wh" were also proposed, were not elected :—Sir- C. po G. Philipps, Bart. (C.), 22 votes; Sir Henry Owen (C.), London, 19 Sir D. P. Williams Penberry, 19; Mr Erasmus (C.), Gower, 19 S. B. Ketch (Ci), Pembroke Dock, 9 Mr R. Buekby' (C.), Narberth, 9; Mr William DavieS» M.P. Mr John James (C.), Haverfordwest J Mr Arthur Massey (C.), CuSern and, Mr Phillips, Honey borough House, Neylan, each t» ceived one vote. A communication asking the Council to. sig» petition in support of the English Sunday "Cios'Of Bill was read.—Mr W. H. Walters moved, CaptHiggon seconded thatthe communication bt allowed to tie oo the table.—Mr James Pembroke Dock, moved as an amendment that." petition in favour of the Bill be signed by chairman and forwarded to the House °* Commons.—Mr Joseph Thomas, Haverfordwestt seconded.—On being submitted to the vote th* amendment in favour of supporting the Bill W»* carried by 28 votes against 17. A letter from the manager of the London atp Provincial Bank stating that Mr John Shettlet manager of the Haverfordwest branch, ha4 ceased to be connected with their bank, and ask" inglhs Council to appoint Mr Lewis, the preset manager, treasurer to the county, was read. After considerable discussion, it was moved bt Mr Isaac Smedley, seconded by Mr W. 11, Walters, and agreed, That the communication received from the general manager of the Londo" and Provincial Bank be referred to the FinanO* Committee to take such action as they may thiol? proper for the purpose of seeing that the funds ot the Council are properly secured, and that thef report at the next meeting of the council." Un the fcuvtfestion of MrW. Howell Walters it was agreed that the quarterly meetings of tW Council be held on the first Tuesday in Ma* August, and November, and that the meeting* commence at half-past 11 instead of 11 o'olook, heretofore.

SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN. The Press Association's Buckingham corrospoB*; dent telegraphs :—The Rev Henry Powell, Bayowater, London, shot himself dead whilst fe* bed at the vicarage, Padbury, near Buckingham, on-Sunday night, He had been dorng duty for tb* vicar for the last six Sundays. Hecatne from Lon' donon Satui day, and on Sunday conducted two ser vices, retiring to bed before nine o'clock. TM deceased, who was about 50 years of age an» leaves a widow and three children, shot hunsw through the breast and in the temple.

Among the advertisements for curates m week's Guardian is one for a bachelor, who m«3' be an" earnest Evangelical Catholic," and weat 110 moustaclie. Nothing is said with regard j beard. The church for which this careful described helper is wanted is in a "health?' bracing, and lovely district and all the S1* 1 aw .observed in its worsli*