South Wales Daily News

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP. [BY A WELSH- INDEPENDENT 5IEMBT3R-] There are two events whica will m^k-d thv past week memorable in our Parliamentary history. The first is the final and perfectly satisfactory settlement oi the long-pendreg controversy in regard te the Indirect Claims before tke Arbitration Tribunal at Geneva. The- result has amply indicated the patient and persevering policy of the Government against the ominous fore- bodings of the croakers who charged them with sacri- ficing the national honour, and the restless intolerance of those impetuous spirits who thought peace between two of the foremost christian nations of the world too dearly purchased at the expense of a five months' delay for further discussion. When the House of Commons met on Thursday, that sort of vague rumour which no one knows on whom to father, but which circulates so rapidly through a popu- lar assembly, had led the members to expect some statements on the subject of the American Treaty. When, therefore, Mr. Gladstone stood up, there was instantly a general hush, and all faces tdrned with eager attention towards the Treasury Bench. But when the Prime Minister said he was about to explain the course of business for to-morrew," there was a loud laugh at so prosaic a balk of the highly-wrought explanations of the House. However, the disappoint- ment was only momentary, for, after stating what the intentions of the Government were with' reference to the Lords' amendments on the Ballot Bill, Mr. Glad- stone slid quietly, as though anxious to avoid the least ap:c,arauce of sensationalism, to the subject of the nego- tiations at Geneva, and, in language studiously simple and colourless laid before the House the bare facts of the case, only Warming up for a moment at the close, when he expressed a hope that now the Arbitrators would not only happily fulfil the important functions they had undertaken for the benefit of the two nations, but that in discharging those functions they will be conferring a vast service on the mass of' civilised man- kind. When Mr. Gladstone sat down a cheer, not loud but deep, rippled through the Liberal benches, wheh must have been very pleasant to the ear of the Pr me .Minister. There is a character about the cheer- in of the House of Commons which is very distinct on different occasions. There is the mechanical official cheer, with which a certain class of members think it their duty to greet everything that falls from a Minis- ter 'or a leader of the Opposition. There is also the loud, passionate, exulting party cheer when a succesful hit has been made on either side, or an unexpected majority has been gained on a division. There is the ironical cheer, which is also divided into two sorts, the good-humoured, bantering irony, and the savage irony, expressive of angry disappointment on contempt. But the cheer on Thursday evening was dilferent from all these, and was singularly expressive of relief from protracted anxiety and of profound and grateful satisfaction. It was one of the most painful indications we have ever witnessed of the strength of party feeling, that though it was an Qcca- sion on which the greatest national interests were con- cerned, not a voice was heard from the Conservative benches to join in the cheer. The arrangement, how- ever, made at Geneva, which was explained by the Prime Minister, was so complete and conclusive that there. was no room for cavil, even upon the part of the most captious. But there are men of a temper so sceptical or so misanthro- pic, that it seems a positive pain to them to admit anything that seems to promise a better time for humanity and civilisation. These men will, no doubt, sneer at the glowing and eloquent langnage in which Count Sclopis, the President of the Geneva Tribunal, addressed his colleagues at the conclusion of their preliminary difficulty, and the hope be has expressed that the work in which they were about to engage may be the means of preventing for the future the necessity for sanguinary conflicts, and of streugtheniag the empire of reason." The other conspicuous event in the Parliamentary history of the week was the treatment by the Govern- ment of the House of Lords' amendments on the Ballot Bill. Ne one could liuten to Mr. Disraeli's speech in defence of those amendments without feeling that he was performing a mechanical task which the obligations of party compelled him to perform, but iu the success of which he himself had evidently no faith. Not that he failed in adroitness and vivacity. His speech was clear and telling, but it was the speech of a man who felt he was fighting a losing battle. Mr. G!adstone's reply W'1S singularly felicitous. It was in that tone of easy good-hnmoured banter, which it j1 would be well if he could oftener assume, instead of the fierce, passionate earnestness in which he is too apt to indulge on oceAsims which do not call for i', and when his velum*lit oratcjy—. Resembles ocean into fury lashed To toss a feather, or'to drown a fly." The Liberals supported the Government in all their proposals to disagree with the Lords," with a unanimity which affords a significant comment on the declarations so often and so confidently made by the Tories, that the Liberal party do not care for the Ballots It was only when Mr. Foster proposed to accept any amendment of the Lords that he was de- serted and sometimes defeated. And the funny thing was to see thq Conservatives in large numbers going acainst those amendmeiids of the upper House, which the Government was going to admit. The manner in which the business has been conducted will not add to 4he dignity or influence of the hereditary character. The Mines' Regulation Bill is proceeding through the -ouse on the whole pretty prosperously. It brings to e fore some of the members for South Wales, espe- Ally Mr. Vivian and Mr. Fothergill, who3e practical tnowledge of the whole subject has enabled them to appear to great advantage In the discussions. The discussions on the Anny Estimates were princi- pally renparkablc for the ominous confessions on all bands of the untrustworthy character of both the Militia and Volunteers. Colonel Loyd-Lindsav said he felt- the greatest pain at what he saw of this force at the autumn manoeuvres. In the division to which he was attached there was an, enrolled strength of 2,496, and a parade siatq of 1,361, so that 1,135,, or nearly cue-half oj the force, was not available for service. And he said, moreover, that their character was such that the goods and chattels of contiguous regiments had toboologely watched. Andas for the Volunteers, Mr. Cardwtl1 said it was intolerable that in 1869 there were absent from the inspection, which is the cardinal day at the Volunteer serviee," 59,557; and added that what what we wanted was not a nominal, but a real force. This ia lather cold comfort for those who believe that the only safe relation in which civilised and Christian natipns can exist to each other is th; t of anued and mutual menace.

FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES. The report about to be issued by the bureau of Sta- tistics in the Treasury Department shows that, down to the close of the eighth month of the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1872, the country was consnming foreign merchandise at the rate of 18.75 per tent, in- crease on the previous year, which year showed an in- creased consumption of 16 per cent. over 1870. The increase of domestic exports, other than gold and silver, produced in the Pacific States and Territories, is over 7 per cent. In regard to the remaining four months of the fiscal year, the increase in the actual consumption of foreign merchandise, judged by the Customs paid at New York, will be very slbàn. The Customs at this port barely come up to last year at the present date but the increase in gross impOltB for these four months will tell upon the vast accumulation of merchandise in bond at the close of the year, "d will also be felt upon the consumption in July and August under the revised tariff. Near the close of the last fiscal year we ventured the estimate that for the ensuing year (the fiscal year now drawing to its close) the Tteasury would receive 216,000,000 dollars in gold for Customs, or an average of 18,000,000 dollars per month, as against 108,000,000 dlilars, or q,n average of 9,000,000 dollars per month, required to \e paid by way of gold interest on the outstanding Funded ♦Gojd) Debtr.exclusive of the demands of the siuk- ing fund. Our estimate will be full realised, the gold interest on the Funded (Gold) Debt is now reduced to 8,ti00,000, dols/per month, and the average of the year is about 9,000,000 dols. per month. In the eoming fiscal year, the average gold interest on the Funded {GoU) Debt in the hands of the pwblie and in the Banking Department of the Treasury, there is good on to hope, will be brought down to about 8,000 000 tiGrs. per mouth, and the Castom-s receipts, with another prosperous trade year, will average 16.000,000 dols. per mouth, or 192,000,000 dols. fcr the year, notwithstand- ing the repeal of the tea and coffee duties and the re- do tiou of one-tenth on other important porticos of the tariff. The reduclion on internal taxes is placed at 22,154,000 (los. (also oji the basis of the receipts ot 1871); so that the whole difftrence in the tariff and tu Ietema is 55,823,250 del-Setv Yorl; Tribune, i

THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH -NEAR SWANSEA. [BY SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] The police bave apprehended James Harvey, of Llan- samlet-, oil a charge of murdering his wife. At the in- quest held last evening the evidence showed that ilse parties quarrelled on Saturday night, when the wife re- ceived a bfow which left a blue mark on the eye. She removed the furniture out of the house and slept at a neighbour's. They appeared to be reconciled on Sun- day. On Monday afternoon the neighbours not having seen the deceased, went into the house and found the woman in the bedroom in a bent position, her fists being clenched and her "tongue protruding. Mr. Davies, surgeon,* made a post mortem examination and found a mark on one eye, but thought the blow was not severe. The pain caused, acting on a feeble constitu- tion, might have caused death, as deceased was subject to fits. He attributed death to fatal syncope. The jury returned a verdict of Died from natural causes."

SWANSEA COUNTY COURT. IN RE MARGARET JENKINS.— His Honour Judge Fal- coner yesterday gave judgment with respect to the will of the late Margaret Jenkins. The facts have been re- cently published. The will was made by the Rev. Wil- liam Haddock, a dissenting minister, and the amount was written Ithus :-21.0.,0. The question now before the court turned upon the point whether this was in- tended for £1 or 2100. Mr. Haddock had stated the figures were intended for £100, and his Honour said there was nothing in the will which would make that explana- tion inadmissible. In the will there was a sum of £"200 to be disposed of. There were legacies in the will, excluding Mrs. Richards's legacy, amounting to 2100, so that he had no doubt that the amount bequeathed to Mrs Richards was £.100. It was provided by the will that in the event of Mrs. Richards's death the money was to be divided between her two children. A person might cut off a relative with a shilling, but it could only be done by a process of cruel refinement that such a vindictive spirit wouirWae extended to the relative's children. It was not likely that the deceased would divide 21 into sums of 10s. for Mary Richards's children. Unless the legacy to Mary Richards's children was 2100 there would be a sum of money which was not disposed of by the will. He would therefore order the sum of 2100 to be paid to Mary Richards out of Jenkins's estate. SINGULAR DISCLOSURES RESPECTING A BANKRUPTCY.— Montgomery v. M'Arthur. Mr. Clifton for the plaintiff, and Mr. Smith for the defendant. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Clifton that the action was brought to recover the sum of 25, claimed under the following cir- cumstances. In 1871, Montgomery, the plaintiff, who was a travelling draper, was in insolvent circumstances, and cn the 13th of November in that year a meeting of creditors was held at Bristol. M'Arthur. the defendant, was a creditor to the amount of J681 10s., and was sup- posed to have great influence at the meeting. It was agreed by the creditors to accept 7s. fid in the pound; but just before tke meeting M'Arthur had secretly induced the plaintiff to give him a bill for the full amount of his account. Subsequently, however. the solicitor acting in the bankruptcy sent M'Arthur three bills to the amount of £ 3110s., being the sum to which the defendant would be entitled at the rate of 7s. 6d. in the pound. Before the first of these bills became due the parties met at the Royal iHotel, and the plaintiff paid Me Arthur 25, who gave a receipt, which simply stated that the money was on account. For the plaintiff it was contended that this t5 was on account of the first of the three bills, and that it could not be on account of the 9811081, as no such debt existed, it having been satisfied when Mc Arthur agreed to accept 7s. 6d. in the pound, the same as the other creditors. The defendant, however, alleged that the £5 wSs part of an old account which was due to him. In explanation of a sentence in one of the letters which was put in evidence, the defendant said that when the bankruptcy took place Montgomery induced him to make out his bill for a larger sum than was due to him. He also said he had paid away the bills Mr. Clifton put in three letters which had been sent to the plaintiff, requesting him to pay the first bilL They were dated from Crescent-hill, Birming- ham, two being signed" HaITy Lee," and the other Henry Heath." Mr. Clifton imputed the authorship of each of these letters to the defendant, himself, andjsug- gested that Lee or Heath," to whom the bill was said to have been paid over by the defendant, is only a mythical individual. His Honour said that at the time' the money was paid there was only one amount legally due to the defendant, and he held that the money was paid on account of the first bill, which became due soon after the money was paid. A verdict was accordingly- entered for the plaintiff.

NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Watch Commit- tee and Board of Health was held in the Council Chamber, Town-hall, this morning. The Mayor presided. Superintendent Huxtable read his usual report of crimes and offences, from which it appeared that durii g the past fortnight 30 persons had been summoned a'sd fined from 5s. to 10s. 6d. each for drunkenness. He, as inspector of weights and measures, had examin, d 1,447 weights at his annual visit. The Inspector of Nuisances reported that Mr. Adam Selby was summoned to appear before the magistral to-morrow for ketping a child afflicted with the small- pox in his house without informing the Board of Health officer. The child died on Saturday, and wa. removed to the dead-house before burial. The Surveyor's report was read,but contained nothintr of importance. Iu reference to the new entrance to the town, the committee reported that thp arrangements with the Great Western Railway had been completed, and the provisional order fur th: compulsory purchase of lands required for the new road has been sealed by the Local Government Board, and was now waiting to be included in the general Act for confirmation by Parliament. The Corporate Foil was then affixed to the agreement with the Gie it Western Railway. The High-street Committee reported that he front of the two unsold properties in High-street, lately occu- pied by Mr. Horrigan and Mr. Latch, had been sent ba k to the new line of street., and they now recommend that power be given them to dispose of the same. On the motion of Mr. FOTHERGILL, the order asked for by the committee was granted. This was all the business.

— BANKRUPTS. George Harvey Courtney. late of Sidcap, Kent. clerk, now a convict in Pentonville prison, Middlesex John Blight, engineer on her Majesty's ship Indus Devonport, and 29, Cecil-street, Plymouth. George Beard, brickmaker, Hartpury, Gloucester. Augustus Stanley Clarke, gentleman, Atcombe Court, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. James Slack, sen.. farmer, Capltias Barn, Cavers wall, Staffordshire. William Marsh, 35, Talbot-street, Southport. R. Anchin, eo-partnrsship with James Lockey, railway waggon manufacturer, as the Wade Brook Iron Works, Wilton, near Northwick, Cheshire. Thomas Simmons, ironfounder, Exchange Lane, Exchange-street, Sheffield. ANNULLED. Francis Edmund Begbie, Capt.- Royal Marine Artillery, Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth. Adjudication March 25, 1870. Daniel Pearcey Crabtree, tea dealer and eating-house keeper, South-street, Exeter. Adjudication, March 22nd, 1870. LIQUIDATIONS. Alexander Boyle, travelling draper, 19, Newcastle-street, Merthyr-Tydvil.

BIRTHS, MARRIAJGS, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. ALLINGIIAM.—On June 25, at White Friars, Chester, the wife of J. H. Allingham, Esq., Me-nber of the Royal College of Surgeons of a son. NORMAS.—On June 29, at Monmouth, the wifejof George Al'en Norman, M.B., of a. son, stillborn. MARRIAGES. CRAWSHAY—MARTTN.—On June 29, at St. Nicholas' Church, Brighton, Mr. Hiram Crawshaw, to Jeanne Charlotte Martyn. MCDOWALL.—On June 27, at No. 1, The College-grounds, Great Malvern, Mr. Robert McDowall, M.D., of Cheltenham, aged 85, years. DEATHS. EVANS.On July 1, in Cardiff, awfully sudden, Sophia TadmSn, wife of Mr. David Evans, and second daughter of the late Capt. Ferrier, of the RoYAl Cardiganshire Rifles Militia, in her 60th year. JOxEs.On June 30, at Great Ilford, Essex, Sarah, the wife of the Rev. Henry Jones. DAVIES.On June 30, Clarence, youngest son of the late Mr. Henry Davies, of Weston-super-Mare, aged 28 years. MORGAN". On June 28, at 6, Kildare-gardens, Bayswater, in the 49th year of his age, Capt. Henry Charles Morgan, third son of the late Mr. Steven Morgan, of Harefield Grove, Middlesex, late Lieut, m the 3rd Light Dragoons, in which regiment he served in India, and was severely wounded at the battle of Ferozeshah.

LONDON SWDIMING CLUB.—The Duke of Cambridge having consented, this club will erect a spacious mar- quee on the banks of the Serpentine, in order to pro- mote decent bathing. This club still continue to instruct gratuitously any gentleman wishing to learn swimming. A great meeting of persons from, all parts of the United States, claiming to be heirs of Sir Francis Drake, was held at New York on the 20th June to organise a claim to estates in Devonshire, England valued at 125,000,000 dols., which Drake is said to have left behind him at his death. Additional claimants put in claims, and the meeting adjourned to October. The New York Herald, solaces present occupiers of the Devonshire property by advice not to be uneasy. SCICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY.A,fiss Anna Woodthorpe, a young lady of highly respectable connections, re- siding at New Brompton, near Chatham, jumped into the Medway, on Monday, from the Sun Pier, having previously attached to herself a heavy weight, which caused her to sink immediately. Her body was re- covered about two hours afterwards. NEW ACT ON THE BOARD OF TRADE.—An Act of Parliament has just been printed to remove doubts as to the appoiutment of persons to conduct inquiries by the Board of Trade. It is now provided that where- ever it-L at iy Act of Parliament it is directed that an inquiry should be made by the Board of Trade, the same is to be conducted by any person duly authorised to do so by the President of the Board in writing, or under the hand of one of the secretaries. A VISIT TO Erps's COCOA MAMETACTORT.—Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, I recently had an opportunity of seeing the many complicated and varied processes the Cacao bean passes through ere it is sold for public use, and, being both interested and highly pleased with what I saw during my visit to the manufac- tory, I thought a brief account of the Cacao, and the way it is manufactured by Messrs. Epps, to fit It for a wholesome and nu- tritious beverage, might be of interest to the readers of Land and Water,"—See article iu Land, ani Waier, Oct. aiOj

THE ALBERT,MEMORIAL IN HYDE PARK. The dedicatory inscription of the Memorial (the Queen a visit to which was noted in our columna yesterday) is in blue glass mosaic on aground of gold, and is written round the four sides of the monument, just above the great arches. It is simple even to baldness; it expresses grati- tud4J, but says nothing whatever of affection, agd is silent as to the Prince's private life, to which, at least, as much as to his public life, he owes his fame and name, and thia Memorial. It runs as follows :— Queen Victoria and Her People To the Memory of Albert, Prince Consort, As a Tribute of their Gratitude For a Life devoted to the Public Good." Were the Albert Memorial but the work of some former age, did it but stand in Florence, or Munich, or Paris, or in any other capital but our own, every English critic would call it beautiful, and every English tourist would see it with admiration. As it is, there is little fear of its failing to please the public, but there are sure to be critics enough to say that its decoration is mere "ginger- bread," that it has no business out of doors, that it is false in construction because it could not stand unless strengthened inwardly by girders, that the granite pillars are too light and the canopy topheavy, that this or that feature is bad altogether and has no business to be introduced—and so on. If the most costly materials and the most exquisite workmanship are ginger- bread," if we are to admit in arehitecturo that the mere presence of "outward thrust" Above an arch, by whatever means it may be effectually corrected, is false construction, if the only indication of the strength of a cQlumn is to be clumsiness and a certain circumference, if when we build a Gothic shrine we are to be altogether tied and bound in a chain of mediaeval precedents, if we are to believe one or two captious tongues instead of our own eyes, then, indeed, the Albert Memorial is all wrong in architecture, and all wrong in appearance. But those, and we are of them, who maintain the contrary of each of these suppositions, will not listen to the criticism of critics who, no doubt, have on their shelves, or in their minds, designs of their own ever so much better than Mr. Scott's, and we shall prefer to admire as it deserves to be admired this elaborate and beautiful trophy of the kindred arts. Like other beautiful things, it has its blemishes. The site is not all that it ought to be, or might have been; the sculpture is not all of it good the inscription is poor and prosaic, and no word or emblem in the whole memorial commemorates the Prince Consort's cardinal virtue—that purity of life, rare among princps, to which bis character and fame owe half their lustre. But, though it may have these, and other shortcomings, the memorial is still well worthy of him and us. So, at least, we think, and so, we venture to say, will any one think who looks upon it with an eye that is single and a judg- ment unprejudiced. Go and see it on any one of these summer afternoons. Its shafts of clustered granite shining in the sun, the points of sunlight glittering on ita gem-like enamels, the bright gilding and the bronze statues, the golden angels that look up to heaven and the golden angels that look down to earth, the throned figures of the mosaics, the white marble of the lesser sculpture, pure and gleaming against the granite, the cyclopean blocks which form the central pedestal, and the black bases of the pillars, the four great groups of' sculpture bound together by the gildod railing, the solid and well-chiselled stairs, the hundred statues of the frieze, the figures in the spandrels of the arches, the rich orna- ments of the roof and spire, and over all the steadfast cross seeming to sail against the sailing clouds—whoever does not find these things beautiful in themselves, and more beautiful taken together, must be hard to please, and not worth the elfort.- Times. <

Sir Roundell Palmer, the counsel for the British Government before the Arbitrators under the Washington Treaty, was in his usual place in the House of Commons at the early part of the sitting on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews have arrived in London after their tour round the world. It is, we under- stand, not the intention of Mr. Mathews to perform in London till October next. The prison authorities at Lewes have at last re- ceived the Secretary of State's warrant for the removal of Christiana Edmunds to an asylum. The warrant is dated the 27th of June, and was received from the Home Office on Saturday, ordering that the prisoner be removed to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. It is now authoritatively announced that Pro- fessor Rawlinson is to receive the Canonry at Canterbury. vacant by the promotion of Dr. Blakesley to the Deanery at Lincoln. The new Canon, who has held the Camden Professorship of Ancient History since 1851, is a divine of high scholarship and attainments, and the author of several works, one of which, "The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World," has obtained wide celebrity. GOOD NEWS FOR LOST POODLES.—It has been decided that the dogs pounded and not clrfimed shall henceforth be sold at the Paris Tattersall, where chiens de race are more likely to find rich amateurs, and tho canes minores have more hopes of enlisting the cynophile charity than at the low Auvergnat-ridden fourriere. THE SCARCITY OF SILVER.—Some evidence has, it is said, just been afforded of the scarcity of silver, com- plained of so frequently in the House of Commons. The quarterly salaries of the civil servants in the various public departments became payable, and shillings and half. crowns not being forthcoming in sufficient numbers, a large quantity of five-shilling pieces, bearing date 1844, were sent from the Mint to be substituted for small coins in circulation. LATENT SMALLPOX.—In the year 1799 several cases of smallpox occurred in the town of Hoosick Falls, and a dwelling near the village was used as a jjeSt-house. Seventy years afterwards the house (having been occupied all that time as a dwelling, with no case of smallpox or un- usual sickness) was repaired. One of the workmen em- ployed on the repairs was taken down with a disease which proved to be malignant smallpox, to which he had been not otherwise exposed than by working on this old pest-house.—American Paper. DEATH OF A PRIZEFIGU CER.—A man named William Grundy, a principal in a prize fight which re- cently took place near Glasgow, died on Monday in conse- quence of the injuries he then received. The encounter came off in a secluded spot on the banks of the CJyde, and in the course of the second round Grundy either fell or was thrown by the other principal, a man named "William Hardie or M'Fadyen, with such force that his neck was dislocated. The spectators, consisting chiefly of Hardie's friends, made off on seeing tho helpless condition of Grundy, but ultimatfely returned and conveyed him to the infirmary, where he died. The deceased made a deposition on his death bod in the presence of,the sheriff, the result of which was the apprehension of Hardie. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE CHURCH AND TH. MASSES.—The Bishop of Manchester in a sermon juit preached at Prestwich Parish Church, chose for his text tho words, The people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God." His Lordship said the Church of Eng- land seemed able to reach the upper classes, and the Non- conformists seemed to find their strength in tho middle classos, but neither Church nor Nonconformity seemed able with any adequate force to reach the mass of the poor, of whom it was truly laid thnt they went to church nowhere." True there wero certain desultory agencies at work calling themselves unsectarian, and some excellent men and women were engaged in them; but these teemed to do little to lessen the great mass of spiritual destitution and of real heathenism by which they were surrounded. The Church of England was now placed, by the very progress of events, among circumstances which those who framed her Prayer-book had never dreamed of. They were yet under the bonds of the Act of Uniformity, which had been enacted by those who had never so much as imagined the conditions against which they had now to contend in London or Manchester; and men would not ordinarily do their work to the best advantage when their hands were tied. Then, again, they could not possibly deny the fact that abuses, lome of them very gross abuses, had crept into our eccle- aiastical system. There was the abuse of patqpnage. Livings were bought and sold openly. Then there waa the abuse by which the area of the churches had been monopolised by the few instead of by 'the many. The poor man was often thrust into a corner where he could neither see nor hear. And he feared, too, that the clergy had lost the power of preaching to the poor intelligently and of reaching their hearty In a certain sense the Church of England was still tho church of the poor. So was the Roman Catholic Church, as he had witnessod with envy. The Church of England ought to be open to all. Her ministers were bound to offer their services to all. Yet he must confess with shame that their practice fell far short of their theory, and that the Church had not that hold on the mass of the people which he should like to s«e. THE ARTIFICIAL COW.—The natural cow is a lean, rawboned, suffering ruminant, chased up and down. the earth by the changing seasons, giving scanty nourish- ment to a small calf, and struggling for bato existence and the perpetuation of her species. A hundred- such would be worth to us about the value of their hides. The artificial cow—the farmer's cow—is a product of the widest possible departure from natural conditions. Larger, in better flesh, with immensely increased tendency to produce milk, less able to contend against severe cold, less fitted to fight the flies of summer, taught to thrive in the most quiet life, and made capable of assimilating far more than nature's scanty supply of food. Within certain limits she is still a child of nature; she will not eat meat, nor will she dnnk wine; but th* more valuable she is for man's uses, the most she is benefited by man's artificial treatment. What treatment is judicious, experience has taught us, and is teaching us. In winter we house her snugly, give her water not too cold, cut her hay, grind her grain, and cook them both give her a warm bed to lie on and a daily grooming, and she thrives as no cow ever did thrive unaided by the husbandman's art. In summer we shelter her from the sun's rays, shyt her away from the swarms of gnats, and bring her more and better food from an acre of ground than she could browse from a whole mountain side. The cow is an illustration of the whole list of farm stock and farm products. The farmerYlife is passed in overcoming the universal tendency to revert to the wild type. No unimproved child of nature can hold place with the product of nature improved and modified by art. The natural horse would be of little service to society. The natural grasses produce far less than the improved ones. Dogberry said that reading and writing came by nature. The modern Dogberrys of our agricul- tural community are as wise as he in ascribing 2, tons of hay per acre, or 2501b. of butter per, cow, to the same fertile source of modern civilisation. The question for the farmers is not what is natural, but rather what further deviation from natural conditions will be judicious and profitable. When nature produces a Jersey cow or an Essex pig, it will be time for farmtkS to aquara their Cpcrationa'by the natural xdfo-' HOLLOWAY'S PITT/A.—PURE BLOOD.—When the blood is pure, its circulation perfect, and the nerves in good order, we are well. These Pills possess a marvellous power in securing these great seerets of health by purifying. regulating, and strengthening fluids and solids. HolVoways Pills can be confidently recom- mended to all penonø suffering from disordered digestion, or worried by nervous fancies, or neuralpc pains. They correct acidity and heart-burn, dispel siek headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's Pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of irritable constitution, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, and uni- vers.y cx.rciac a o-Iminj sz-lziiv: iafiucnce. £ 55 T

i MONEY MARKET.—TUESDAY; Foreigu Bonds rather depressed, -but no important change lias taken place. In English Rnilway Shares scarcely a fluctuation has occurred', but as a rule pre- vious prices are supported. The Home Fuads opened at a fractional advance, but later were freely pressed for sale on rumours of a large withdrawal of gold from the Bank this afternoon, and Consols, after advancing to 92f to 92 on the account, have relapsed to 92 sellers, or a fall of 3 16 for tbe day. American Govern- merit Securities are steady, but Erie Railway Shares, after being good at a fractional advance, have been freely sold, and have fallen to 45& to 45R. Miscellaneous Shares are neglected. This may also be said with regard to Joint-Stock Bank Shares and Colonial Govern- ment Seeurities. Scrip is rather easier, at,lk to lg prem. j Consols are' flat, at a fall of 3-16, to 92l to 92 for money, and 92 to 92:t for the account. New Three per Cents., 92J to 92§ India Five per Cents., 109 to 109 J ditto Four per Cents., 105 £ to 106; Bank Stock, 244 India Stock, shut. The subscription list of the issue of First Mortgage Debenture of the Iquique and La Noria, Pizagua, and Sal De Obispo and Junction Railways, Peru will close to-day (Wednesday), the 3rd instant, for the country. The scrip was largely negociated, and improved to 11 to If prem. In another column we publish the prospectus of the Tunis Railways Company (Limited), with a share capital of £ 250,C00, divided into 12,000 shares of 1:20 each, has been issued under highly respectable auspices. The undertaking appears under exclusive concessions, granted for the term of 99 years, by bus Highness the Bey of Tunis, for a main line from Tunis to its seaport, J Golletta, with branch lines from Tunis to the Barde, and to the holy city of Sidi Boussaid and the Marsa. The issue is of £ 225,000, forming the debenture capital of the company, 2,250 debentures of £100 each, secured by first mortgage upon the property, tolls, and revenues of the company, and bearing in- terest payable half-yearly, at the rate of JE8 per cent. per annum, and redeemed at par, by sink- in fund, at the rate of 2 per cent per annum, by which the bonds will be redeemed within 24 years. The price of issue is JE90 per ilOO debenture, yielding to the investor, at that price, interest (including re- demption) equivalent to more than 10 per cent per annum. The directors are well-known and responsible | parties. t #

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. —TUESDAY. 0 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 3 per Cent. Consols 92j 925 Metropolitan Board of Do. for acc 92i 92|! Works, 3 £ p. C. Stock 96 £ 97 3 per Cent. Reduced £ >2| 92 J Canada, 1877-84, 6 p. c. 109 110 New 3 per Cent. 92J 9211 Do. 5 per cent. 103JL04I Exchequer Bills, £ 100, New Brunswick, <3 p. c. 107 109 4200, and £ 500 par New South Wales, 5 p.c. India Stock, 5 p. c. 109 10911 1888 to 1901 105 £ 106 £ India Stock, 4 p. c. 103104t NewZealandCon.,5p.c. 10211031 Bank of England Stock 243 245 Victoria, 1894, 5 p. c. 107 £ 108 £ Cor. of London Bonds, Do. 6 per cent. 1883-5 113*1144 1879, 4} p. c. 103 104 FOREIGN STOCKS. Brazilian, 1S65, 5 p. c.. 95-1991 Turkish, 18Q5, 6 p. c. 71 72 Egyptian, 1862,,7 p. c.. 92 94 U.S.5-20Bnds,(ipc,18B2 91 914 Do. Rail Deben 7 p. c. 104 105 Do. Do. 1885 91J 92i Italian, 18«O, 5 p. C. 92 94 Do.l0-40Bds,5pcl904 89} 80J Peruvian, 1872,5 p. c.. 77 78 ErieSha.lOOdols.allpaid 54 544 Portuguese, 1869,3 p.c. 42} 43} DoTkt.Ptn Com.attd 54^155 Russian, 1862, 5 p. c. 914 92.J Illinois Central Shares. 1094 10J Italian, 1865, 5 p. c. 92 94 Do. 10-40Bds,5 pc 1904 89} 89t Peruvian, 1872,5 p. c.. 77 78 ErieSha.lOOdols.allpaid 54 544 Portuguese, 1869,3 p.c. 421431 Do Tkt.Ptn Com.attd 54^155 Russian, 1862, 5 p. c. 9lk 92j Illinois Central Shares. 1094 lOt Do. Nicholas, 4 p. c. 75176 Atlantic Piid GWR Coii. Spanish, 3 p.c 30J 30J1 Mortgage Bonds — — Turkish, 1854,6 p. c. 89 90 [ DoBiscoffhlielm'sCer 40 41 Do. 1865, 5 p. c. 54 54! RAILWAY SHARES AND STOCKS. Bristol and Exeter 107 109 Metropolitan 63J 64 Caledonian 115 115 Do., Redeemable 10 101 Cambrian 25 28 Metropolitan District 31 32 Cornwall 5 6 Midland 149J149J East London.. 44 5 Do., Birm. & Derby 117 119 Glasgow & S.-Western 131 133 Monmouthshire .112 116 Great Eastern 51 51! North British 684 69k Do., E. Ang., No. 2 16 17 Do., Edinburgh, Gt. North of Scotland 43 45 Perth and Dundee.. 34 36 Great Northern 140 141 North-Eastern Cons. 169.3-1701 Do., A 164 100 North London 131 134 Great Southern and North Staffordshire 80 82 Western (Ireland) 114 116 Rhymney 75 80 Gt. Western-Con. Or. 11511bt Shropshire Union 744 754 Highland 117 119 South Devon 69 71 Lancashire & Yorkshire 157 158 South-Eastern 99POOi I Lan. Brig-h. &, S.-Coast 78 78! Do., Preferred. 122 124 L., C., and Dover Arb. 26 26t Do., Deferred. 78} 78} j London & N.-Western 150J151 Staines, Woking, &c. 13 15 London & S.-Western 107 107 £ Taff Vade 170 175 Man., Shef., and Line. 77} 78} Waterfd & Cen. Ireld. 23 25 Man., Shef., and Line. 7717811 Waterfd & Cen. Ireld. 23 25 BANKING COMPANIES. Agra (limited) 8 84 London and County 59 60 Alliance (limited) 13 J 14 I London Joiiit-Stock 461 471 Anglo-Austrian 18 20 'London and Prov. (1.) -J 1 Anglo-Egyptian (1) 33J 34J London & Westminster 654 66J British N.. American 62 64 Merchant (limited) 4} 5} Central of London (1.) 1 Ii i Metropolitan (limited) 5 6 Chartered of India, Aus- Midland (limited) 4 5 tralia, and China 16} 17} Nat. Prov. of England 140 142 Chart. Merc, of India Do 42 43 London, and China 27 28 Do. New issued at City 14} 15} £ 10 p.m., all paid 35 37 Colonial 58 (JO New South Wales 38 40 London, and China 27 28 Do. New issued at City. Hi 151 £10 p.m., all paid 35 37 Colonial. 58 GO New South Wales 38 40 Consolidated (I.) 1} SJ Oriental Bank Corp 43 44 Eng. Scot. & Aus. Char. 20 21 Provincial of Ireland.. 93 95 Imperial (limited) 231241 Union of Australia 45 46 Imperial Ottoman 4 4J Union of London 4% 471 fELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Anglo-American (1.) 120 122 Indo-European Oiin.).. 16 18 Anglo-Mediterran. (1.) 177 180 Mars., Alg., & Malt. (1.) 8 9 British Australian (1.) 7:1 7t Meditn. Extension (1.) 5! -6} British Ind. Exten. (1.) 11| 11J Do., 8 per cent. pref. 114 124 Brit. Indian Sub. (IJ 104 10} Reuters 9} 10} China Submarine (1.) 8} 8F Soc. Transatl. Fran. (1). 21} 221 Cujba (limited) 7 8 Do., New } I Fa1., Gib., .t Malta (1.) 10i lCq Submarine 220 230 Great Northern lIt 121 Do., Scrip. 2t 2& Great Northern China W. India & Panama (1.) 5 5* aud Japan Exten. III 121

HAY AND STRAW MARKET.—TUESDAY. Supplies are tolerably told. Prime qualities are in re- quest other sorts are dull. Prime old hay, 80s. to 90s. inferior ditto. 36s. to 70s.; new hay, 50s. to 80s prime old clover, 115s. to 120s. inferior ditto, 86s. to 90s. new clover, 50s. to 80s. and straw, 34s. to 40s. per load.

CORK BUTTER MARKET.—TUESDAY. Ordinary Firsts, 112s.; seconds, 107s.; thirds, 93s. fourths, 78s. fifths, 45s.; sixths, —, Mild Cured Firsts, 115s. seconds, 108s. thirds, 102s. In the market, 1380 firkins.

LONDON METAL MARKET. TUESDAY. Copper, large business at irregular prices; Chili, R103 15s. cash, up to £106 10s. three months; Walleroo, £108 cash; tin, quiet, 2151, E150 10s. cash. Spelter, silesian, t22 5s. Scotch pig-iron, 500 tons, done 113s. 6d. to 112s. 6d.

CARDIFF. WEST BUTE DOCK ARBIVALS.—JULY 1. Britannia, Slade, Falmouth, ballast, 91 L'Aigle, L'Flock, Port Talbot, ballast, 126 Delight, L'Clercq, Cancal, potatoes, 29 Sabrina, Browning, Lydney, iron ore, 29 Druid, Hawkins, Lydney, iron ore, 46 H. P., Samson, Bilboa, iron ore, 107 Queen, Pinnegar, Gloucester, salt, 46 Emma, Pedlar, Scilly, potatoes, 69 Ada, Cdllins, Hfghbridge. light, 73 Nautilus, Facey, Falmouth, scrap iron, 36 Solent, Taylor, Falmouth, ballast, 462 Sagitta, Pous, Falmouth, ballast, 210 Denbehandig, Jenson, Falmouth, ballast 279 Lady Ernestine, Symons, Plymouth, ballast, 138 Bristol Packet, Edmonds, Biistol, general, 53 Eclipse, Warren, Bristol, iron ore, 56 WEST BUTE DOCK ARRIVALS.—JULY 2. William and Jane, Jones, Hayle, ballast, 141 Alexandra, Winterford, Guernsey, stone, 226 Cam, Marsevich, Exmouth, ballast, 263 H. H. Wilton, Jones, Bristol, ballast, 69 Mary, Cooth, Plymouth, ballast, 79 I Juno, Tyler, Bristol, iron, 37 Tell Tale, Cattern, Penzance, ballast, 99 Jane and Mary Ann, Youghal, pitwood. 01 Watermouth. Lee, Falmouth, ballast, 48 ¡ Foxhound, Turner, Yarmouth, ballast, 227 EAST BUTE DOCK ARRIVALS.—JULY 1. Lidskjalf, Nielson, Tralee, ballast, 272 Daniza, Stanos, Porman, iron ore, 630 Enterprise, Todhunter, Whitehaven, iron ore, 120 Vero F, Razeto. Oran, iron ore and grass, 626 Bwllfa (s), Dobbyn, Havre, ballast, 515 Romito de Caprera, Filugo. Porman, iron ore, 483 Messenger, Evans, Plymouth, ballast, 133 Emila, Dodera, Porman, iron ore, 462 P. J. Carleton, Luce, Havre, ballast, 985 Florence, Truscott, Exmouth, iron ore, 111 Twins, Williams, Falmouth, stones, 85 EAST BUTE DOCK ARRIVALS.—JULY 2.1 Express, (s), Cock, Hayle, ballast, 195 Sir Richard, Lewis, Dartmouth, iron ore, 68 Thomas Edwin, Pate, Plymouth, bricks, 74 PEXARTH DOCK ARRIVALS.—JUNE 30. I Llandaff, (s), Hammond, Bilboa, iron ore, 258 Marc Anthony, (s), Bissett, London, ballast, 869 Victoria, Harris, Penzance, ballast, 70 John Wesley, Batten, Penzance, ballast, 75 Betsy, Lewis, Falmouth, ballast, 36 PENARTH DOCK ARRIVALS.—JULY 1. Charles Capper, (s), Wilson, La Rochelle, ballast, 479 Glenmanna, (s), Elliott, Bilboa, iron ore, 553 John Brogden, (s), Chitham, Cook, ballast, 547 Tregea, Webber, Portreath, ballast, 145 Vigilant, Cock, Hayle, ballast, §5 Tell Tale, Tatter, Penzance, ballast, 99 VESSELS CLEARED.—JULY 2. St. Nazaire, Agnes Jack, (s), B, 750 coal, C. Godard Gibralta Amelia, (s), B, 950 coal. Heath Evens and Co Maderia, Red Coat, JB, 241, coal, Ocean and Co Havre, Columba, (s), B, 1200 coal, Hacquoil Bros j Port Said, United Service, P, 1050, ccu), Lftvis Sen? t Gibralta, Rinaldo, (s), B, 970 coal, Ocean Coal Co Bordeaux, Alice, F, 10S, coal, H, Worms Nantes, Dcur Marguerite, F, 200, coal, Coffin and Co Constantinople, Moscow (s), Rus, 650, coal, Davis & Sorts VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—JULY 2. Santos, Alexandria, B, 226, Winterfiood, Martin and Co i St. Naz4iref Agnes Jack (s), B, 462, Roulston, Hacquo 1 Monte Video, Foxhounds, 11, 226, Turner. Edwards Bilboa, Mauritius, B. 446, Baker, W. Y. Edwards. Havre, Bwllfa (s), B, 515. DoMyn, Bwllfa Coal Co Bordeaux, Glenmarna., B, 533 JElliot, J. V, Thomas Oran, Florence. B. Ill, Truscott, J. H. Anning Tarragona, Aigle, F, 186, Le Flock, MArel and Co St. Malo, Delight, B, 28, Le Clerc, Mortfl and Co Sable D'Olonne, Bahallaid, F, 112, Archevis, Morel & Co Buenos Ayres, Canmercantz, F, 286, Chanmer, Morel Co Singapore, Emilia, Ity, 462, Dodero, S. D Jenkins Coquimbo, P. J. Carleton, U.S., 985, Luce, Knapp and Co Rio Janeiro, Chineseren, Ny, 217, Moller, Tellefsen & Cd Monte Video, B.,D. Metcalf, Ny, 1,100, Beck, Tellefsen New York, Lidskjolf, Ny, 277, Nielson, Tellefsen & Co

SWANSEA. VESSELS CLEARED—JULY 2. Lisbon, Competitor, B, 233 coal, 36 tin plates, Madge St. Petersburg, Palermo, B, 130 coke, 50 pit iron, Page St. Thomas, Alma, Ger, 180 coal, W. H. Thomas & Co Trouville, Neptune, B, 220 coal, Livinsgton Honfleur, St» Pierre, F, 195 coal, W. Pegg and Co Aveiro, Gloria de Portugal, Port, 50 coal, 90 coke,Burgess Jersey, Affiance, B, 36 coal, Burgess, Shaddick, and Co VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS..—JULY 2. Philippeville or Algiers.Eleventh Lancashire, B, 193 coal, Griffiths, Prust and Sons Cape devercts, Grace, B, 273, Phillips, Nicholson Brothers

NEWPORT. VESSELCLEARED.— JULY 2. Valparaiso, Edith Marion, B, 616 coal, South Wales Co

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS. NEW YORK, Monday. Guion steamer Wisconsin arrived out at 7 o'clock yesterday evening. Inman City Antwerp arrived out to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.' The Cape Mail steamer Syria arrived here at 6.30 this morning. HURST CASTLE, Tuesday,—The North German Lloyd steamer Rhein from New York passed here at 12.50. POINT DE GALLE, Monday.—The Messageries mari- time steamer Meskong, with inward Japan and China mails, left here yesterday for Aden. The Hoogley, with outward mails, also left to-day for Singapore. MARSEILLES, Monday.—Messageries maritimes Delta from London arrived yesterday. Copernic, with trans- shipment ex Cambodge, leaves to-morrow for London. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The North German Lloyd steamer Rhien, arrived from New York at one this after- noon, and proceeded for Bremen. QEENSTOWN, Tuesday.—The Cunard steamer Parthia, from New York, arrived at four this afternoon. Specie, 121,694 dols. GIBRALTER, Tuesday.—The Cathay, from Southampton, leaves this morning for Alexandria. HAMBURG, Tuesday.—The British steamers Forth and Hugh Streatfield came into collison to-day on the Elbe. Both steamers were beached.

JHONETT* MONEY ON EASY TERMS advanced from klO and upwards to Householders on their Furniture, Plate, Stock-in-Trade, &c., without removal off the premises, and, if required, without publicity re-payments arranged to suit the borrower; no charge unless the money is advanced by L. BAR- „ NETT, Belmont House, Charles-street, Cardiff 49, Bute-street, Cardiff and 10, Heathfield-street, Swansea. 1426 HARRIS and CO., LOAN and DISCOUNT OFFICE, 220, BUTE-ROAD, CARDIFF. IMMEDIATE ADVANCES made on Personal Security, and to Householders on their Furniture and effects, without publicity or removal. TRADE BILLS DISCOUNTED AT EASY RATES. A dvances made also on Plate, Diamonds, Watches, and every description of Merchan- dise. All communications strictly confidential. The Proprietor may be personally consulted at all times. 696 Y%7 LEWIS, COMMISSION AGENT. CASH ADVANCED ON STOCK. 17, CHURCH-STREET, CARDIFF. 189 SOVEREIGN LOAN AND DISCOUNT OFFICE, 4, NELSON-TERRACE, SWANSEA. M. L. MARKS /^|_RANTS LOANS from £ 1 to any amount, V* repayable by easy Instalments. Bills Discounted. Also Collects Rents, Debts, &c. Hours, 10 to 12, and 3 to 5, Saturdays excepted. ESTABLISHED 1869. 1416 T0 BORROWER S.— £ 30 TcT £ 2,00a Advances promptly made at any time, without previous mem- bership, on Mortgage of Houses and, by the GLAMORGAN BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY CARDIFF, Repayable by easy fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, or other instalments. Redemption at any time at 30 days' notice, without payment oftfurther interest. UPWARDS OF, £ 2»,000 ALREADY ADVANCED, TO ENABLE BORROWERS TO SAVE THEIR RENT AND BECOME THEIR OWN LANDLORDS. For particulars and rules apply to Mr. R. EMERY, Britannia Buildings, Docks, Cardiff; or Mr. W. H. CORY, Solicitor, Cardiff. 1112 jinttls. SWANSEA. THE HUDSON TEMPERANCE COMKER- CIAL HOTEL, 16, ST.* MARY-STREET, SWANSEA. 1429 THE VAULTS, WIND-STREET, SWANSEA. JOSEPH MANN, Proprietor. Agent for the Licensed Victuallers' Wine and Tea Companies. Ales, Wines, and Spirits ot the Finest quality always in Stock. One trial respectfully Solicited. Good beds. I N.B.—A First-class Bowling Saloon on the Premises. 1422 SWANSEA. RAVEN HOTEL, ST. MARY STREET. Families and Commercial Gentlemen visiting Swansea will find the above Hotel one of the most central and convenient. The House has been recentlyfitted up with great taste, having particular regard to comfort. Bedrooms and Sitting-rooms not to be sur- passed. Wines and Spirits of the Best Quality. Best attendance guaranteed. 1298 Proprietor C. FULLER (Late Upholsterer). BRISTOL. GUILDHALL COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, 36 and 37, Broad-street, Bristol. Dining, Coffee, Sitting, and Stock Rooms. Dinners from 12.30 to 6. Night Porter kept. 1430 W. T. CROUCH, Proprietor. ROWN COMMERCIAL HOTEL, c NEATH. (Near the Corn Market and Town Hall), WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, Families Supplied at very Low Prices. ORDINARY AT HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK EVERY WEDNESDAY. PROPRIETOR: EVAN MORGAN SAVOURS. 1491 CLIFTON DOWN FIRST^CLASS FAMILY c HOTEL, FACING THE SUSPENSION-BRIDGE. SUITE OF APARTMENTS, from 8! Guineas per week. Break- fast, from 2s. Dinners, from 3s. 6d.; Service, 2s. A Suite of Apartments having been recently added to the Hotel, especially for WEDDING BREAKFASTS, the Manager is prepared to provide the same on the most moderate terms. Terms by weekly arrange- ments only. Suite of Apartments, with board and attendance, 5 Guineas each, fires only extra. Bedroom; board, and attendance, in public rooms, 3I Guineas. All meals served to the visitor's order. Private drawing-room for Ladies. Table D'Hote daily at 6 Sundays at 5. All communications to be addressed, 1428 D. GITTENS, Manager. JENKJN JONES, SHIP ON LAUNCH INN, QUAY STREET, CARDIFF. WINES, SPIRITS, DRAUGHT. AND BOTTLED ALE. GOOD BEDS. Adjoining the Law Courts, General Post-office, and Banks. Five minutes' walk from the South Wales Railway Station. AN ORDINARY EVERY SATURDAY. GOOD STABLING. 1506 THE BURTON BREWERY COMPANY (LIMITED). INOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Business of the lSW A.SEA AGENCY IS NOW REMOVED FROM MOUNT-STREET and BATH-LANE TO EXTENSIVE PREMISES IN WIND-STREET (No. 37), OPPOSITE THE WEST OF ENGLAND BANK. The Premises, which are ADMIRABLY ADAPTED FOR STORAGE PURPOSES, Extend from WIND-STREET TO YORK-STREET, And have been Specially Provided WITH EXTENSIVE AND WELL-ARRANGED CELLARAGE, In order to meet the Large and Increasing Demand for the Company's CELEBRATED ALES. PURVEYORS BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The Quality of the Ales may be tested at the Bodega Tent during the forthcoming Show at Cardiff. AGENT FOR SOUTH WALES, V/ILLIAM DAVIES, SWANSEA. 19, 1872.. /pusincss RPHE .ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW. The attention of VISITORS to Cardiff' during the ROY-AL "SHOW is invited to the advantages of THE P E N A R T H V H/J TEL, PENARTH, NEAR CARDIFF.' This Hotel was built Three years ago by the Taff Vale tlailway Company on Peuarth Head, two miles from Cardiff, and com mands splendid Views of Cardiff, the Bristol Channel, and surrounding country. The Hotel is one of the largest buildings in South Wales. and its Coffee Room is the most handsome in the Princijwlity. The Gardens and Pleasure Grounds cover Twenty acres, and afford Views and Recreation walks of thp most varied- and charming character, besides being the most extensive of any hotel in the West of England. Good facilities for Sen Bathing. The Hotel may be reached by the Steam Ferry from the Cardiff Pier Head, or by the numcrous Omnibuses leaving St. Mary- street at all houri f the day. THE HOTEL AFFORDS ACCOMMODATION FOR 70 OR 80 VISITORS. TERMS (which are very moderate) ON APPLICATION. IMMEDIATE AI'PLICATIOX NECESSARY. W. G. JONES, PROPRIETOR. 1347 QLEARANCE SALE OF A LARGE STOCK OF IRON BEDSTEADS, PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES IN SMITH-STREET. JOHN WILLIAMS, SHOW ROOMS: 27 & 28, DUKE-STREET, CARDIFF. 1487 CARTES DE VISITE, G for ls.Cd., 12 for 2s. 6d. Send a Carte, with stamps, and in a few days JOu will re- ceive Perfect Copies and Original, Post free. Address: CAMBRIAN COPYING COMPANY, PONTYPRIDD. 1053 70, HIGH-STREET, AND 2G, LOWER OXFORD- STREET, SWANSEA. JOHN W.. CRABBE., IRON, ZINC, AND TIN-PLATE WORKER. J. W. CRABBE'S New Premises, at 26, Lower Oxford-street, are now OPEN, with a General STOCK OF IRON AND TIN-PLATE GOODS. Copper Saucepans, Stew-pans, &c., re-tinned equal to New. REPAIRS EXECUTED PROMITLY OX THE PREMISES. Articles requiring repair collected and delivered, upon orders being sent to either of the above addresses. 1425 PERRY MAN'S CARRIAGE, RAILWAY, STREET, AND SHIPS' SIGNAL LAMPS, AXD BENT GLASS MANUFACTORY, 10 and 11, OLD KING-STREET, BRISTOL. 1434 PUNCTUALITY IS THE ORDER OF -t- BUSINESS. IF YOU WANT A GOOD SUIT OF CLOTHES FOR ANY SPECIAL OCCASION, 00 TO R. JONES, TAILOR AND DRAPER, 18, NORTH-STREET, BRISTOL, Where you will Get a GOOD FIT, WELL MADE, and he NEVER DISAPPOINTS. TROUSERS FROM 14s. THE PAIR. SUITS EQUALLY CHEAP. N.B.—AGENT FOR D. NICOLL AND CO.'S WATERPROOF COATS. 1435 BRANCH OFFICES IN THE UNITED JLF KINGDOM. WALES. SWANSEA, 103, OXFORD STREET. CARDIFF, 20, DUKE STREET. ENGLAND. BRISTOL, 19, HIGH STREET. LIVERPOOL, 21, BOLD STREET. MANCHESTER, 105, MARKET STREET. NEWCASTLE, GRAINGER STREET, W. LEEDS, BOAR LANE. NORWICH, 12, UNION STREET. PLYMOUTH, 2, UNION STREET. SOUTHAMPTON, 105, HIGH STREET. SCOTLAND. GLASGOW, 65, BUCHANAN STREET. EDINBURGH, 108, PRINCES STREET. DUNDEE, 49, REFORM STREET. ABERDEEN, 40, GEORGE STREET. INVERNESS, 3, DRUMMOND STREET. PERTH, 64, JOHN STREET. IRELAND. DUBLIN, 69, GRAFTON STREET. BELFAST, 4, DONEGAL SQUARE. OFFICES OR AGENTS IN EVERY TOWN. 1400 A GREAT PROBLEM SOLVED. JHE POPULAR DEMAND MET. THE BEST AND MOST RELIABLE SEWING MACHINE IN THE WORLD .-L. CAN NOW BE ACQUIRED IN EVERY HOIE. RP H E "SINGER' ANY ONE-1- gUPERIOR I v I N G SEWING MACHINES — ARE THE EASIEST TO O O D LEARN. (JJ- THE SIMPLEST TO WORK. -——————— JJIOST APPROVED AND JJEFERENCES Q{ FOR EVER>' VARIETY ————————————— POPULAR BECAUSE they C. „ are the LOCKSTITCH, make AIM nave Embroidery, and sew the greatest variety of Fabrics. HE "SINGER" NEW FAMILY") CASH PRICE" SEWING MACHINE V (hand or treadle.) j From £ 6 10s. (hand or treadle.) From.£6 10s. ON HIRE AT b. 8d. to 3s. PER WEEK. GREAT ADVANTAGES A BE OFFERED BY THIS NOVEL SYSTEM. THE HIRER HAS THE OPTION OF AT ANY time, PURCHASING IQ^of THE MACHINE |FFECTING £ T ^PURCHASE fJ^HE Cash Pricej |^Y QR of QONTINUING -RETURNING itj" RJIHE HIRE. CAUTION. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING -L COMPANY'S SEWING MACHINES having acquired an unprecedented popu- larity, several Parties are attempting to Trade upon the Name of "SINGE R," advertising Machines of other Makers as THE SINGER," or ON THE SIN- GER PRINCI- PLE," the Public are warned against these Coun- terfeits, and as all additional protection, the Company fix their Trade Mark Plate to every Machine. Purchasers should see that the Plate on the Machine corresponds in all details with the fac- similie representation of it in the Company's Price List. Illustrated Catalogues and detailed information gratis, on application at any of the Depots, or authorised Agents. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S CHIEF OFFICE IN EUROPE 14T5 CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. DISTRICT OFFICES IN LONDON G NEWINGTON-CAUSEWAY, S.E. 144 BROMrTOM ROAD, S.W. l 1thft5 Stasis. PARSONS, FLETCHER & CO.'S INDIAN JL STARCH. Trade Mark—AN PARSON S, FLETCHE# & CO.'S" INDIAN" STARCH for Puity. and Beauty of Colour. PARSONS, & CO.'S INDIAN STARCIRFORUISL, Muslins, &c., &c. PABSONS, FLETCHER & CO/iT INDIAN ""STARCH' will iot- adhere to the iroll. PARSONS, its stiffness in thc dampest wp.at,her. PARSONS, FLETCHER & CO.'S INDIAN STARCH ia hij|ly t_ recommended to Laundresses. PA.RSONS, FLETCHER & CO.'S INDIAN STARCH, r increased demand IS proof of its excellence. PARSON, FLKTCHER c; CO.'S INDIAN STARCH is paded' J, JHÙ lib. packets, also in boxes, and in 51b, papers. WORKS—U RAVEL-LANE. SOIJTHVVARK, LONDOIFP- MAT RK BAD RVKRYWHKRK. Hi MR. RICHARD B. BOULTON, SURGE(K DENTIST, CAMBRIA-PLACE, Corner of CHARLBG- STREET, CKOCKHERBTOWN, CARDIFF. Teeth, the best tl&t can be obtained, from 4!R to 25 Guineas the complete set. TweBV- two years' ex)<erie>ice. Established 1852. Recommended by too principal Physicians and Surgeons in Cardiff and neighbourho<D.. No fee for consultation. Attendance daily from Ten till Fo. Painless Extraction of Teeth by Gas. 1 600 ONE BOX of CLARKE'RT BITPILLS IS WET- ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs,in either sex, acquired or constitutional, gravel, and pains in toe- back. Sold in boxes, 4f. (KL. each, by all chemists and patflit. medicine vendors or sent to any address for 60 stamps, by tie maker, F. J. Clarke, Consulting Chemist, Iligh-street, Lincoh Wholesale Agents. Barclay and Sons, London, and all the whoe- sale houses. Sold in Cardiff by Joy and Coleman, Chemists. 1, LIFE PRESERVERS.—Infant Life protect^" -LJ and secured against the enemy, Death, by Mothers keepikj- in the house a packet of "DAME EUROPA'S INFANT LlIE PRESERVERS." Once tried always used. TETIIlXG, Small-pet Scarlatina, Measles, &c., meet with a ready relief, if the Et ROPA L'OWDFCIRS" are used. Mothers, try them, and public their ,e'J<.ET. "Dame liumpa's Infant Life Preservers" are PFC- paretl OIII> the INVENTOR, is. A. GKOHGB, Family Cnemit Pent.ro, pri !U and sold in PACKETS, at Is. 1.U1., and 2s. 9L!L each, by every ctiemibt 111 the world, .lay be had post free from tie. Inventor !'T.r 14 or 34 stamps. Wholesale W. Mather, Lond«T>. and Manchester, and Barclay & Sons. Agent in Cardiff Colemat chemist. 1 159 KAYE'S WORSD~JELLTS~PILTX For upwards of hall'-a-centnry KAYE'S WoltSDELlS. PILLS have been esteemed'as the best remedy for the cure aid- prevention of disease. They render the doctor unnecassary b. the family. Acting 011 the blood, they purify it from all humours, rendennt the life-giving fluid healthy in its action, and consequently rcstoL ing and establishing the health of the invalid. The proprietor has in his possession hundreds of testimonials bearing witne. to their efficacy. Out of many, the1 two following have bee* selected :— Ballintempie, near Cork, Sept. 1, 1!;68. John Kaye, Esq.—Dear sir,—My ivife has been SUJJONNY; troiV a very sore leg for nineteen years. During that time it has coa me over £12ù FOR different doctors, some of whom gavj her cast- up as hopeless. hu was reduced to nearly a skeleton. I ga, some of Kaye's Worsdell's Pilis, and after she took Ha- worth of them she was completely cured, and is now in goot. nealth and quite strong. Jt is the most astouisiiing cure evet known in this neighbourhood. 1 shall recommend them wherever I can, to any PEI'son I hear complaining.—(IMYNED) JOliN BROWN." The Agent at Redruth certifies to the truth of the following, "Sept. 4, 1868. John Nichods, of Illogan, near Redruth, Cornwall, suffered severely from burning pains in Ole stomach and difficulty oi breathing. In consequence of this he had to leave work for many weeks. He was recommended to take Kaye's Worsdell's Pills. Before he had TRJICU one box, he was completely cured.reamed work, and is now again a strong, healthy man. He says he will never Ie without them. This case can he authentica.ted by W. J. Corin.' Sold by a.ll Chemists, and other Dealers in Patent Medicines, at Is. H., Zs. (id. per U>X. fi16- THE RIGHT THING IN THE RIGHT BEECHAM'S" PILLS. BEECIIAM'S I'ILL". have been before the Public between Twenty and Thirty yea 1 s, and the rapid sale from the commence- ment, and Ow i;,<rcas-itg demand by the Public, is one of the bCJt guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated. Thousands in evert sphere of life with one voice pronounce them the the safest, and the surest for eradicating all those complaints- which nesn IS heir to. T -ey stand without a parallel, and have the largest sill" of any patent medicine in the world. They arc admitted by all to be worth a guinea a box for bilious disorders, such us wind pain at the stomach, sick headache, gid<iinessR fullness alter men IS ithÚIJLS and dro-.vsiness, cold Chills flush- ing of hUllt,lo"s of appetite. shortness of breath, costiveness, scurvy and blotches on the SKIN, disturbed sleep, frightful dreams, nervous and trembling sensations, &E. The first dose will give relief in twenty minutes. Sufferers are earnestly ia- vited to try oue box. which thev willlldmit to he WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. For fenihles of all ages these pills are invaluable, as a few doses of them carry OP all gross humours, open all obstructions, and bring ah ut :111 that is required. No female should be with- out them. There is no medicine to be found to equal Beecham's Pills for removing any obstruction or irregularity uf the system. If taken according to the directions given with each box, they will soon restore females of all 11-ES to sound and robdst health.- CACTIOX. The public are reqii' sted to notice that the words "BEECIIA}!"S PIJ.T.S, St. HjlenW' are on thcOovcrnment kitamp- affixed to each box of the Pills if not on. they are a forgery. Prepared onlv, and old wholesule Illlll retai by the proprietor, T. Beecham. Dispensiua Chemist, St. Helen's, Lancashire, ill boxes at Is. lid. and 2s. 01. bach. Sent post free from the pro- prietor for 15 or 30 stamps. Full 11ircdions are given with each box. Sold by ail Druggists and Patent Medicine Dealers in the' United Kiugdoui. 1495 COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS.. THE SAFEST FAMILY APERIENT. In Boxes afr Is. H-D., 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and Us. C °ge):onsttf !af n cr rm!tn i' These Pills consist of a careful and peculiar admixtnre of the best and mildest vegetable aperients, with the pure extract 'of the flowers of the cammomile. They will be found a most efficacious remedy for derangement of the digestive organs, and for torpid action of the liver and bowels which produee indiges- tion and the several varieties of billious and liver complaints. They speedily remove the irritation and feverish state of the- stomach, allay spasms, cflrrect the morbid condition of the liver aud anù organs subservient to digestion, promote a due and' healthy Secretion of bile, and relieve the constitution of all gouty matter and other impurities, which, by circulating in the- blood, must injuriously affe ct the action of the kidneys, thus,by removing the causes productive of so much discomfort, they restore the energies both of body and mind. To those- who indulge in the luxuries of the table, these pills will prove highly useful, occasioning no pain in their action, unless- they meet with an unusual quantity of acrid bile and acid matter in the stomach and bowels. To Europeans on their arrival in India or China they jare recommended as a preser- vative againsi the fatal disorders peculiar to tropical cUmates. Their occasional use, if combined with the strictest attention to diet, will he frequently tounù to remove at once. by their influence overthe secretion, that congestive and unhealthy condition of the liver which is so often the earnest autcccdent of severe febrile ami- constitutional disturbance. It must be nnderstoodthat these pills' arc not recommended as containing any new or dangerously active ingredients on t'1.e contrary, they are characterised by a remarkable simplicity of combination, and whatever merit they may be fonnù to possess depends as much upon the selection of pure drugs, and the uiiusual labour and attention bestow ed upon their subsequent preparation, IlS upon the acknowledged pecu- liaritv of their composition. They are not recommended as a panacca, nor arc they adapted to all complaints but as a mild, and efficacious ajierient AND tonic in the various forms of indi- gestion it will not, perhaps, bo an exaggeration to state that they have been reROlteù to uuùer all systems of diet,ehangcs of climate or atmospheric alternations, with an extraordinary degree of success for 72 years. This celebrated family aperient may b& had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes at Is. 1 JD. 2s. 9d.. 4s. 6d., aud lis., as well as in India, China, New Zealand, AND the Australian colonies. C~ OCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PI L LnS: THE OLDEST PATENT MEDICINE. In Boxes at Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s Gd, and lis. C. O U K L E' S A N T I BILL O U S P1L L s J In use 72 years for INDIGESTION. In Boxes at Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis. CA O CXL E'-iS A NT I BILIO USPTOTS. ) In use 72 years for BILIOUS AFFECTIONS. In Boxes at Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lis. P OCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, V In use 72 years for LIVER COMPLAINTS. In Boxes at Is ld, 2s d, 4s 6d, and GEORGE'S PILE AND GRAVEL PILLS are now recognised by all 'as being THE BEST MEDICINE YET DISCOVERED FOR PILE AND GRAVEL, as well itS for the following pains:—Pain in the Back, Flatulency, Griping, Colic, a sense of weight in the Back and Loins, Darting Pains in the region of the Heart, Liver, and Kidneys, Pains in THE Thighs, Suppression and Retention of Urine, Pains in the Stomach, AND ALL LIVER COMPLAINTS. The Proprietor has received upwards of two thousand Testimo- nials in favour of these Pills. Send a halfpenny stamp for an important List OF Testimonials from Doctors, Chemists, and in- valids from all parts of the country. Sold by a.ll fehemists, in boxes Is. 14d., and 2s. 9d. each, and' may be had from the PROPRIETOR, J. E. GEORGE, M.R.P.S., HIRWAIX, GLAMORGAX. For Is. 4t.L, and 3s. in Stamps. May be had WHOLESALE from most Patent Medicine Warehouses in London, Bristol, and Liverpool. 153 CASSELI>S ORIE NTALCO F FEE consists of D. selection of the fillet growths of l1a8t India In the process of roasting and grinding the full strength and fine aroma are preserved, rendering it equal the Coftee 1'0- much prized in ORIENTAL COUNTRIES, the PERFECTION of COFFEE. At the Reduced Duty, Is. lOd. per lb. CASSELL'S COFFEES are also supplied under Reduced Duty, at 10d., Is., Is. 2d., Is. 4d, Is. Gd., and Is. 8d. per lb. In canisters and air-tight packages from one ounce to one pound. CASSELL'S PURE TEAS.—The purity and genuine qualities of these Teas are guaranteed. Their true excellenco has scured fOl" thcm the continued approval of consumers during nearly a generation. Families not already using these teas are recommenùed to try them, as teas the repu- tation ol which has been fully established. By their use, real purity and uniform good quality are at all times secured. CASSELL'S PURE TEA, price 28., 2s. 4d., and 2s. 8,1. per lb. CASSELI.'S PURE TEA, finest qualities, as., 3S. 6d., and 4t:1. per lb., in packets of 2oz. to Sibs, Cassell's Teas and Coffees are sold by Agents, Grocers, Chemists, Confectioners, Ac., throughout the kingdom. AGENCY.—Agents are required in every neigh- bourhood not yet fully supplied.—For terms, apply to Cassell, Smith, and Co., 80, Fenchuivk-streefc, London. 1407 Just Publhhcd for Two Stamps. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITAT ED., I READ THE NEW PUBLICATION, BY DR. J. A. BABNES, M.D. (U.S.), ENTITLED NERVOUS DEBILITY, or WORDS OF' WARNING a Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment 6f Nervonsuess and Exhausted Vitality. The Author has for years given his exclusive attention to the treatment of Nervous Debility, Mental and Physicnl pepreó3sion, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises in the Head aud Ears, Indeci- sion, Impaired Sight and Memory, Indigestion, Prostration, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, Loss of Energy and Appetite, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizzi- ness, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, and many other X ailments, which, if neglected, bring the sufferers to an early death. This valuahle worlt, which has been truly called Words of Warning, is illustrated with numerous cases aud testimonials, and not only gives the cause but the means of cure. Hundreds of cases which had been thought hopeless have been restored to perfect health and vigour after all other means had faileL To the Married and Single this book is invaluable. Snt post free on receipt of two stamps, or øv letter past three fitatnps. Address-Dr. BARNES, 1, LONSDALE-SIJUARE, Bamsbaty, Lon- DON, N- 1414 PRINTED AND PUBL'SHED BY THE SOLE PROPRIETORS, DAVA> DUUCAM J AND SOKE, AT TNEIR-VIII>;C. 11, ST. A:ARJ-STREET, ,->J CAII I'IT J J L L 1 J, £ • F